“There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to in...” — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quote

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

“How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.”

“To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.”

“I was mainly raised by a working mum who didn't have much time or inclination for making food. So I had three or four basic meals: fish fingers and a tomato; a packet scotch egg and a tomato; pasta with a tin of tomatoes; and extra mild plastic-y cheddar chopped into cubes with bits of cucumber.”

“As a singer, it's basic to preserve what I like to do, which is music, and also to remember my cradlesongs in Spanish.”

“There can be this basic indignity of being a consumer in America today. And that's what the FTC's trying to fix.”