Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.

Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema...The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating ; it cannot depend on just gadgets to amuse itself.

I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother called back to say that shes just called up to say she was alright.

I’m very determined. If I decide that something is worth doing, then I’ll put my heart and soul to it. The whole ground can be against me, but if I know it is right, I’ll do it.

If there was one formula for our success,it was that we were constantly studying how to make things work,or how to make them work better.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.

Having an education is one thing, being educated is another.

I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose.

Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this.

We will remember the hurt, the injustice, and the trauma, but we can forgive the sinner.

You are a success and nothing will stop your shining!

Don’t confuse “strict confidentiality” with “keeping employees in the dark.” Private is useful. Secretive is deceptive.

When we begin to see our differences as opportunities rather than threats, then we can work together.

The bulk of extra supplies that could be put into the market come from two places. One, they come from other Persian Gulf suppliers, of which Saudi Arabia is at the top of the list.

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.

Anybody who believes that the earth is less than 10,000 years old needs psychiatric help.

Control is a big issue when you're sick. It's the first thing you lose - other losses come later.

The brevity of human life gives a melancholy to the profession of the architect.

Every moment of life is unique-a kiss, a sunset, a dance, a joke. None will ever recur in quite the same way. Each happens only once in the history of the universe.