Well said

"Well, I do not accept a second place for the United States of America… it's time to get serious about fixing the problems that are hampering our progress"

— Barack Obama, US President, citing India and China as the countries that may overtake the US in future, in his first State of the Union address to the Congress.

"We see little point in attending ceremonial functions as members of the (Central Employment Guarantee) Council even as its substantive work is at a standstill"

— Jean Dreze & Aruna Roy, Architects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP), on why they boycotted the fourth anniversary celebrations of NREGP, to Agencies

"The developing world has still to build most of its infrastructure, and buy most of its consumer goods. This is the great opportunity for tackling climate change"

— Azim Premji, CEO, Wipro, at the World Economic Forum

"In India, when people have money, the first thing they buy is gold, then a house and then a car. In Europe, it is different. House comes first and car comes second"

— Benoit Tiers, MD, Audi India, in Business Standard

"The US growth outlook remains very dismal. The headline number will look large, but when you dissect it, it's very poor"

—Nouriel Roubini, Economist, widely credited with anticipating the financial crisis, to Bloomberg

"The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity."

—Peter F. Drucker