I do recognize that India has to be the center, the hub of activity as far as the knowledge economy is concerned.

[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.

Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.

We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.

Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.

No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.

No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women.

Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.

Life is never free of contradictions

This is not a universe that is advancing toward a goal

Only one thing counts in this life - get them to sign on the line that is dotted.

In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.

The frying pan you should give to your enemy. Food should not be prepared in fat. Our bodies are adapted to a stone age diet of roots and vegetables.

When I'm at an event, I like to be an eccentric dresser. I will just keep wearing what I like.

For every reader who dies today, a viewer is born, and we seem to be witnessing . . . the final tipping balance.

There is darkness in every heart.

Even now I can say I'd love to finish my career here, and then stay in the game after that.

This was another item about growing up: you encountered all the cliches of love and loss and heartbreak.

Shot Gun Boogie, I wanted wedding bells. I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells.