30 Ratan Tata Quotes for You to Enjoy

Ratan Tata

Indian Businessman

Born: Dec 28, 1937

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Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be. Ratan Tata

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I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised. Ratan Tata

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India needs to come out of its socialist pattern of doing things on a rationing basis. Ratan Tata

Needs Out India Rationing Come Doing Pattern Socialist Things Basis

If I were to look in the United States or in Europe, in some of the garages, you would have a Bentley or two Bentleys or a high-end Mercedes, and you may find a Smart also in that same garage because that person thinks it's a fun extra car to have. He may have four cars but also have a Smart because he thinks it is cute. Ratan Tata

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Some entrepreneurs talk of a high burn rate, high advertising rate, and so on, with no outcome, so it doesn't impress me. But an entrepreneur who has that kind of a feeling of responsibility towards his investors is somebody who will have all my support. Ratan Tata

The government should do its job. The government's job is, in fact, to run the country, to manage the country, to govern the country. And governance is an important thing, not application where it suits one so, to micro control where it suits them on the other hand. Ratan Tata

I probably have everything that Apple has made and everything Bose has made; I am very loyal to certain brands. Ratan Tata

Made Everything Am Very Brands Certain Loyal Apple

Fiat has assembly plants in Brazil and Argentina. Ratan Tata

Plants Brazil Argentina Fiat Assembly

I would say that I'm blessed with a very, very good executive team that operates, reasonably autonomously, each of the companies. Ratan Tata

Good Blessed Say Would Executive Very Team Reasonably Companies Each

The economic situation, the high cost of undertaking manufacturing, the supply chain - which is, by the way, dying out also as manufacturing undergoes hardship - make the U.K. not the first place you would look at to make a manufacturing investment. Ratan Tata

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There's a lot of interest in Nano outside India. Ratan Tata

India Outside Lot Interest

After I retired, it seemed to me that there was a whole new world out there, which was a digital world driven by a marketplace, basically, which had a huge potential driven by handheld devices, which would one day become the virtual retail store of India. Ratan Tata

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I'm the non-executive chairman of nine or so major companies, and on the nine companies, it's a little trying because you jump from one industry to another, as the case might be. But one had the reasonable knowledge of those nine activities, and it's been an exciting job. Ratan Tata

The - the early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and - and remained personally very wealthy. Tatas were different in the sense the future generations were not so wealthy. They - they were involved in the business, but most of the family wealth is put into trust, and the family did not, in fact, enjoy enormous wealth. Ratan Tata

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Perhaps the loneliest time was during the Tata Tea issue in Assam. For some reason, everyone believed that we had conspired with the extremists, ULFA. People still believe what they read is necessarily the truth. Sometimes it is based on inadequate or wrong information. Ratan Tata

When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look at yourself as being people who have well being and comforts, I think it takes a very insensitive, tough person not to feel they need to do something. Ratan Tata

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The most expensive part of any manufacturing unit is the paint shop. Ratan Tata

Part Most Shop Any Expensive Manufacturing Paint Unit

If a founder has passion and innovation, he needs to be supported. I am more intuitive than a numbers person, and I recognise that not all investments are going to be positive. Some may fail, and some may have problems for other reasons. That is life. Ratan Tata

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People of great power wield great power, but people of lesser power or people who have fallen out of power go to jail without adequate evidence, or their bodies are found in the trunks of cars. Ratan Tata

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I came seriously close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another. Each occasion was different, but in hindsight when I look at the people involved, it wasn't a bad thing what I did. I think it may have been more complex had the marriage taken place. Ratan Tata

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I followed someone who had very large shoes. He had very large shoes. Mr. J. R. D. Tata. He was a legend in the Indian business community. He had been at the helm of the Tata organization for 50 years. You were almost starting to think he was going to be there forever. Ratan Tata

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The day I am not able to fly will be a sad day for me. Ratan Tata

Sad Day Me Fly Will Able Am

I buy a lot of electronics, some which I never take out of the box! Ratan Tata

Buy Out Some Take Never Never Take Box Lot Which Electronics

If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it... if it doesn't stand the test of public scrutiny then don't do it. Ratan Tata

Test Public Scrutiny Then Stand Stands

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