Bombay Quotes

37 quotes by 27 authors

Flying has changed how we imagine our planet, which we have seen whole from space, so that even the farthest nations are ecological neighbors. It… — Diane Ackerman
When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come… — Ray Davies
All I did was write it down, one word after the other, beginning and ending with the same one, Bombay. — Jeet Thayil
Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense Bombay is the antithesis of… — Aravind Adiga
Here is the full list of the banned words I used: active homosexual; career women; Third World; blacks; Asians; Australasia; Bangalore; primitive African tribes; crippled;… — Rod Liddle
Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director… — Satyajit Ray
I was becoming addicted to Bombay. There was squalor and poverty, but I had begun to realise my good fortune and would never again forget… — Tahir Shah
Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes.… — Satyajit Ray
Traffic in the streets of Bombay is chaotic at best. Riding a bicycle is a dangerous occupation. However, there are hundreds of them on the… — Rohinton Mistry
When I was in college, my brother, B.R. Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in Bombay. He taught me filmmaking. What I… — Yash Chopra
I'm drinking here break motor oil and Bombay gin, I'll sleep when I'm dead. — Warren Zevon
George Bernard Shaw of England stopped over just long enough to make one speech in Bombay, India, started a war and 100 Indians killed each… — Will Rogers
More dreams are realised and extinguished in Bombay than any other place in India. — Gregory David Roberts
I met my wife [Sukhinder Kaur Gill] in Bombay at an official function. And then we courted for three years. That's a great old term,… — Glenn Turner
'Salaam Bombay' didn't put a halo on the poor. Instead, it said that they will teach us how to live. — Mira Nair
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it… — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay,… — Satyajit Ray
Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras… — Satyajit Ray
I do think of Bombay as my hometown. Those are the streets I walked when I was learning to walk. And it's the place that… — Salman Rushdie
In the '50s, listening to Elvis and others on the radio in Bombay - it didn't feel alien. Noises made by a truck driver from… — Salman Rushdie

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