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

[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.

Life is never free of contradictions

My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time.

People of the hundred, " he said, using an ancient Herrani phrase Arin was surprised he knew, "who leads you?"So many cried Arin's name that it no longer sounded like his name.

A snowflake is probably quite unconscious of forming a crystal, but what it does may be worth study even if we are willing to leave its inner mental processes alone.

I enjoyed the fans thoroughly, and they were always helpful. They were the reason that I tried so hard over the years.

It is reassuring to know that I can control how I feel and what I do on any given day. The eay I choose to see the world creates the world I see.

He had gone to the higher Sierras... [about Ralph Waldo Emerson's death]

Music is the career Im lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.

If you hire relatives, you'll have a payroll that won't quit.

. . . Now you see . . . they' re not fit for humans . . ." "Put them on me.

Dirty energy is a finite resource; the more of it we use, the scarcer it becomes.

I want to cry because something terrible happened, and I saw it, and I could not see a way to mend it.