“Colleges produce more sports therapists than engineers. Perhaps because America is a sporty country: a lot of outdoors.”

“The three ordinary things that we often don't pay enough attention to, but which I believe are the drivers of all success, are hard work, perseverance, and basic honesty.”

“It is the strength of our culture that we can have Sonia Gandhi, who is Catholic, a Sikh prime minister, and a Muslim president.”

“There are three lessons in philanthropy - one, involve the family, especially the spouse. She can be a remarkable driver of your initiative. Two, you need to build an institution, and you need to s...”

“The job of nation building, the job of nation leadership in a difficult, complex coalition has worked.”

“You need a commitment which is long term and a commitment to leadership, because that's the only way you build excellence.”

“The most important thing is being passionate about what you're doing and always give it your all. That is the key to success.”

“I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.”

“I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it's the effect or vice versa”

“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.”

“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.”