Quotes from business and political leaders
Crisis leads to inward thinking, but protectionism is counter-productive as it deepens recession, says Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry, speaking to a delegation of US and German lawmakers, quoted by agencies


Anand Sharma
Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry, speaking to a delegation of US and German lawmakers, quoted by agencies

Naina Lal Kidwai
Naina Lal Kidwai, Country Head, HSBC India, in Mint

Pranab Mukherjee
Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister, on food inflation touching 10.05 per cent, quoted by wire agencies
Once there were 10 birlas in Birla Building. Now, only I and Basant Kumar Birla are the two regulars.
S.K. Birla, commenting on the end of the K.K. Birla brand, in The Times of India

Warren Buffett
Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls-Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.
Warren Buffett, Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway