--- title: "10 Tata Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 10 Tata quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Tata sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bb/karan-johar-7815_education_i-found-my-student-of-the-year-and-now-t_2329630.jpg" --- > [I found my student of the year, and now Tata Nano is searching for India's student of the year](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-johar/i-found-my-student-of-the-year-and-now-tata-nano-is-searching-for/) [Karan Johar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-johar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bb/karan-johar-7815_education_i-found-my-student-of-the-year-and-now-t_2329630.jpg) > [The wealth gathered by Jamsetji Tata and his sons in half a century of industrial pioneering formed but a minute fraction of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-d-tata/the-wealth-gathered-by-jamsetji-tata-and-his-sons-in-half-a-century/) [J. R. D. Tata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-d-tata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/j-r-d-tata-28761_amount_the-wealth-gathered-by-jamsetji-tata-and_502838.jpg) > [How important is failure - yes, failure - to the health of a thriving, innovative business? So important that Ratan Tata, chairman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naveen-jain/how-important-is-failure-yes-failure-to-the-health-of-a-thriving/) [Naveen Jain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naveen-jain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/naveen-jain-3569_annuals_how-important-is-failure-yes-failure-to_2710004.jpg) > [I followed someone who had very large shoes. He had very large shoes. Mr. J. R. D. Tata. He was a legend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ratan-tata/i-followed-someone-who-had-very-large-shoes-he-had-very-large-shoes/) [Ratan Tata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ratan-tata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/ratan-tata-7750_business_i-followed-someone-who-had-very-large-sh_2326760.jpg) > [The early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and remained personally very wealthy. Tata's were different in the sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ratan-tata/the-early-rockefellers-made-their-wealth-from-being-in-certain/) [Ratan Tata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ratan-tata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/ratan-tata-7750_business_the-early-rockefellers-made-their-wealth_117373.jpg) > [Happy". I had not heard that word since Mr. Milgrom spoke it at the last Hanukkah. I asked him the question that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/happy-i-had-not-heard-that-word-since-mr-milgrom-spoke-it-at-the-last/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/jerry-spinelli-1413_ceilings_happy-i-had-not-heard-that-word-since-mr_2844872.png) > [You may know that in India now the Tata car is becoming all the rage; you can buy it for one lakh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/you-may-know-that-in-india-now-the-tata-car-is-becoming-all-the-rage/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/thomas-pogge-7757_becoming_you-may-know-that-in-india-now-the-tata_3215453.jpg) > [I do not know how history will judge me, but let me say that I've spent a lot of time and energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ratan-tata/i-do-not-know-how-history-will-judge-me-but-let-me-say-that-i-ve/) [Ratan Tata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ratan-tata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ratan-tata-7750_business_i-do-not-know-how-history-will-judge-me_2854078.jpg) > [Let us look at international institutions and trusts. Trusts have a certain roles and unless you define what their roles are, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyrus-pallonji-mistry/let-us-look-at-international-institutions-and-trusts-trusts-have-a/) [Cyrus Pallonji Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyrus-pallonji-mistry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/cyrus-pallonji-mistry-47436_certain_let-us-look-at-international-institution_1289331.jpg) > [I think the Tata Group's greatest contribution to the growth of the Indian economy and Indian industry probably happened in the pre-independence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ratan-tata/i-think-the-tata-group-s-greatest-contribution-to-the-growth-of-the/) [Ratan Tata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ratan-tata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/ratan-tata-7750_company_i-think-the-tata-group-s-greatest-contri_82497.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tata/#itemlist", "name": "Tata Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I found my student of the year, and now Tata Nano is searching for India's student of the year", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karan Johar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-johar/i-found-my-student-of-the-year-and-now-tata-nano-is-searching-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bb/karan-johar-7815_education_i-found-my-student-of-the-year-and-now-t_2329630.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bb/karan-johar-7815_education_i-found-my-student-of-the-year-and-now-t_2329630.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bb/karan-johar-7815_education_i-found-my-student-of-the-year-and-now-t_2329630.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I found my student of the year, and now Tata Nano is searching for India's student of the year” — Karan Johar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The wealth gathered by Jamsetji Tata and his sons in half a century of industrial pioneering formed but a minute fraction of the amount by which they enriched the nation. 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I had not heard that word since Mr. Milgrom spoke it at the last Hanukkah. I asked him the question that had been on my mind since then. \"Tata, what is happy?\" He looked at me and at the ceiling and back to me. \"Did you ever taste an orange?\" he said.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jerry Spinelli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/happy-i-had-not-heard-that-word-since-mr-milgrom-spoke-it-at-the-last/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/jerry-spinelli-1413_ceilings_happy-i-had-not-heard-that-word-since-mr_2844872.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/jerry-spinelli-1413_ceilings_happy-i-had-not-heard-that-word-since-mr_2844872.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/jerry-spinelli-1413_ceilings_happy-i-had-not-heard-that-word-since-mr_2844872.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Happy\". I had not heard that word since Mr. Milgrom spoke it at the last Hanukkah. 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