“Over the years, I had nurtured the hope to be able to fly; to handle a machine as it rose higher and higher in the stratosphere was my dearest dream.”

“I'm not an expert on the arms race.”

“Convergence of our views on global trade issues under the WTO and our common resolve to combat terrorism provide a valuable base for mutual understanding.”

“There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.”

“If you want to shine like the sun, first burn like the sun.”

“I say, without characters, fame lives long.”

“Tongues I'll hang on every treeThat shall civil sayings show. . . .”

“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”