The impression of Pakistan is that people are corrupt. I don't think they are as corrupt as they are made out to be. I can look you in the eye and tell you I've never bribed anybody.

The only way to kill militancy, to reduce it, is to provide opportunities to people who have no opportunities. I've always told my American friends that.

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes. The problem is that taxes aren't used efficiently.

You will never see my sons in parties. We keep to ourselves and try to do whatever we have to do.

The future of the world will belong to whoever can harness energy and food.

The problem is that taxes aren’t used efficiently.

Terrorism is partly linked to people who have no jobs in Pakistan.

I want to be the first Pakistani, like some of our counterparts in India, to really go out and show that we Pakistanis can even be successful outside Pakistan.

Carl Icahn told me to stay away from airlines. In good times, the unions take away the profits, and in bad times, the cost of oil kills you.

People think that we bought a lot of things during Nawaz Sharif's time and that I am very close to him. I have never met Nawaz Sharif, one to one, in my life.

I am not a Damsel In Distress who needs a Prince Charming. I am more of Rani Laxmi Bai who rides a Sturdy Horse.

With respect to the acceptance of dissociative disorders, as with most issues in life, it is counterproductive to spend time trying to convince people of things they don't want to know.

None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread.

... man is eating the earth up like a candy bar.

We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.

The main cause of suffering is egoistic desire for one's own comfort and happiness.

I will not create jobs or hold jobs that kill people, and that plant - that plant kills people.

Twenty percent? What am I, your waiter? I got you five vampires, not a BLT.

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the genie out of the bottle. It is to start a new train of events that is beyond your control.

What nuns don't realize is that they look better in nun clothes than J.C. Penney pantsuits.