To be precise

“I would love to be like Reliance”
Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG, in Business Standard

“We aim to have a ‘wow’ impact with our services on international routes”
Hitesh Patel, Executive VP, Kingfisher Airlines, on plans for a standing bar in its international Economy class, in The Economic Times

“Companies today are bigger than many economies. We are little republics. We are engines of efficiency. If companies don’t do (responsible) things, who is going to? Why not start making change happen now?”
Indra Nooyi, CEO, PepsiCo, in Fortune

“I tend to switch off a lot. To be fresh for the next day, it is important to switch off. Though we sell products on which other people take e-mails home, I am not the kind who takes it home”
Ajai Chowdhry, Chairman & CEO, HCL Infosystems, in The Financial Express

“That (the Tata Nano) was a game-changer, a new business model. The Indian IT industry has not changed the game as yet”
Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Tech Mahindra, in BusinessWeek

“All new players will collapse within 36 months. These firms will take at least 12 months to build their networks and 24 months after that, they will struggle to survive in the market. I feel their position is not viable”
Sunil Mittal, Group Chairman & CEO, Bharti Group, in Mint

“The government doesn’t want this or that. The government simply sensitises banks to the demands of the consuming public. So, the banks have to respond to the situation. The government doesn’t give them directions or orders”
P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, to Agencies

“The major emerging economies, such as China and India, can’t continue moving forward at the same rate without the industrial economies, at least not yet”
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, in Forbes.com