To be precise

“The time for talk is over, the time for action is now”
Barack Obama, US President, to Agencies

“To me, there is a necessity, once again, to revisit Gandhian economics with its emphasis on rural self-help and sustainable economic development. Anything contrary would be disastrous”
Pranab Mukherjee, External Affairs Minister, in The Economic Times

“If we are integrating with the world, we will benefit when the world goes up and suffer when the world goes down”
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, in Business Standard

“Tata Sons has enough stock of various group companies and will pledge shares if the need arises… the practice (of pledging) is as old as the hills. There is nothing new about it”
Ishaat Hussain, Finance Director, Tata Sons, in The Economic Times

“Tell me one business around the world in any sector that can deliver a 3,733 per cent return on investment in a year of operation, where the concept has not been tried or tested”
Lalit Modi, Commissioner, Indian Premier League, referring to the sale of Rajasthan Royals, in The Economic Times