Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.

Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.

Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.

It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.

Independence is a very subjective assessment.

All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.

People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.

In income tax, there is no case for amnesty.

Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.

What we will become depends on us

Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.

Nothing is more important than creative play through imagination. Never stop playing, and never stop imagining!

Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

The pedal is the soul of the piano.

He's a smart-assed kid who's always sassin' people and gettin' away with it.

I'm a very organised and rational and linear thinker and you have to stop all that to write a novel.

The pictures I contemplate painting would constitute a halfway state and attempt to point out the direction of the future - without arriving there completely

A villain who shares one's guilt is inevitably more attractive than a hero convinced of one's innocence.

The military gave me structure and process. That reflects on the way I believe we should handle legislative matters. If we do it that way in any field, the results are usually better.

Caleb," I say, "I love you." His eyes gleam with tear as he says, "I love you, too, Beatrice.