I feel that when the reforms in UN take place and the Security Council will be expanded in the permanent membership category, India will have a place, I hope so, but first it is to be expanded.

The government of India and the government of Jammu and Kashmir are determined to ensure that every Kashmiri lives with dignity having equal rights and equal opportunities.

There is no humiliation more abusive than hunger.

Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dictionary of modern India.

As Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, had said in Shakespeare's immortal words, 'I must be cruel only to be kind.

Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity.

In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru.

As Indians, we must of course learn from the past; but we must remain focused on the future. In my view, education is the true alchemy that can bring India its next golden age.

No problems are ever resolved by violence. It only aggravates the pain and the hurt on every side.

I personally believe that the office of the President of India is not to be sought. It is to be offered.

Indian president does not determine policy. Here President is not the policy maker. In the name of the president, the cabinet takes the policy decision.

I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice.

A dog is a man's best friend........and a cat is a woman's..

Calm down. Ghosts don’t ring the doorbell.

As a child, I always chose a false nose and some face paint and a wig for my birthday.

I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It's not super-poetic, it's just from the heart.

Oscar Peterson is my favorite all-around pianist. There are pianists I like because of one thing and pianists I like because of another. But overall, I like Oscar Peterson best.

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.

As we enter into the 110th Congress, it is imperative that we address ethics reforms needed to make this institution run correctly.

Corporations are the only reason the tax code is so complicated in the first place. Those off-shore loopholes didn't get carved out by poor people.

My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut.