I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.

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

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

Today is the best day to change the rest of your life.

Talent silences your competition

...when I see you here amidst all this, I realise that I proposed to a very small part of you. I thought I was giving you a home and a position, but here I see that I am taking you away from so much.

While reason steers a man, it is faith alone that moves him

It is fortune not wisdom that rules man's life.

I'm sure there will come a time when I won't be able to, you know, walk around so easy sometimes, or it's just things that I don't necessarily want. I don't really necessarily want to be famous.

There are the two curses of Spain, the bulls and the priests.

I hope that I would put whatever my political beliefs aside, and realize that my country's asked me to to something, and do it.

The day you become humble is the day you become successful.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.