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

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

Congress is not a party which fades when not in power

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Flowers carry not only beauty but also the silent song of love. You just have to feel it.

The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japan's brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.

... the greatest act of love is to pay attention.

How likely are definitions to be pleasurable.

Guys are stimulated easily. They are easy to manipulate. All you have to do is wear a sexy outfit.

O mysterious Night! thou art not silent; many tongues halt thou.

The critic is the duenna in the passionate affair between playwrights, actors and audiences - a figure dreaded, and occasionally comic, but never welcome, never loved.

Love with attachment consists of waves of emotion, usually creating invisible iron chains.

We will definitely not burn the Koran, no. Not today, not ever.