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.

[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.

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

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.

You're all here. Mixed in a bit with some of my cells. May have to redefine our relationship after this.

Wine lets no lover unrewarded go.

My ambition is limited to the desire to capture something transient, and yet, this ambition is excessive.

I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.

I agree with Agassiz that dogs possess something very like conscience.

I trust you as holy men trust God; you could do nought that was not pure and loving, though the deed might pierce me unto death.

I think a woman feels ugly when she's got the wrong man at her side. I've felt ugly and insecure.

I've had my ups and downs. My fair share of bumpy roads and heavy winds. That's what made me what I am today.

Use romantic relationships to grow, not to lose yourself. Keep your priorities in order.

The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.