Quotes About Development

The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.

The primary motivation for me is to learn.

The primary aim of our schools should be to help children grow into happy, healthy and confident adults, equipped with the skills to achieve their goals in life and work.

Industrialisation is necessary. But acquisition is by no means the only avenue through which it can be achieved. The Cochin Airport is a prime example of this. Instead of choosing to acquire the land, the State asked the private parties to negotiate with the landowners directly. The State merely acted as an arbitrator.

It became clear I wanted to be a development economist. I mean, I said I wanted to work on the economics of poor countries. And I'd actually say that I don't think that was so much about narrowing the gap as about increasing their incomes, which means economic growth, which is really my prime interest.

I'm 30. I'm about to hit my prime now. I need to act and keep building.

The country's image has improved ten-fold during Vajpayee's prime ministership.

I've always said that as I've gotten older and come into my prime, when I turned 28 would be my best time.

Brazilian boys as young as 14 and 15 are now based in Europe. They spend their best years in Europe and come back to Brazil when they are past their prime. This has destroyed local clubs and championships.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi worked to make the country safe.

I would like Modi to become the Prime Minister and expand the Gujarat model of development across the country.

Prime minister Manmohan Singh has put the country on global platform by adopting the right economic measures.

No matter who the prime minister is, incremental changes take place. The economy moves on.

It's only under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership that the country can foresee a bright future.

When the Congress was in power, the educated - especially the engineers - were jobless and they could not even sell pakodas and the UPA government could not bestow attention. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi created employment opportunities for the educated youth.

Prime time for men is, say, 35 to 45. Then they level off and fall off.

A child is born with a degree of primitive savagery and somebody must discipline it out of him. This Is where the government of the home comes in.

There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it.

If you have a smothering parent, the effect it can apparently have on a child is to give them, in equal doses, a sense of too much self-esteem, because they are mummy's little princess or prince, and low self-esteem. It affects future relationships.

The original reason to start the project, which was that the Germans were a danger, started me off on a process of action, which was to try to develop this first system at Princeton and then at Los Alamos, to try to make the bomb work.

Princeton ignited my intellectual curiosity and introduced me to a new social world. It... challenged me on the most fundamental levels imaginable. It was where I became a man.

Everything in the world is conducted by gradual process. This seems to be the great principle of harmony in the universe.

Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!

International development aid is based on the Robin Hood principle: take from the rich and give to the poor.