<div>“One of the greatest damages done to this country was by the former CAG... it was the R-virus that derailed the growth story”<br />—<strong> Manish Tewari</strong>, I&B minister, referring to Vinod Rai, the former CAG<br /><br />“We will go right up to the point of extreme idiocy, but we won’t cross it”<br />— <strong>Warren Buffett,</strong> billionaire investor, on the US government shutdown, in a television interview<br /><br />“Lalu Prasad is a hero and he will remain a hero”<br />— <strong>Rabri Devi</strong>, former chief minister of Bihar and Lalu’s wife, after his conviction<br /><br />“Let us also allow minorities to do that (default on loans)... this is part of development process”<br />— <strong>G. Parameshwara</strong>, president, Karnataka Congress, demanding that minorities be provided loans even at the risk of defaults<br /><br />“People around the world are confused. They are bemused. But they are not amused by what’s happening ”<br />— <strong>Christine Lagarde</strong>, head of the International Monetary Fund, on the US government shutdown<br /><br />“It is complete nonsense, it should be torn up and thrown away”<br />— <strong>Rahul Gandhi</strong>, Congress vice-president, on the government’s ordinance on convicted MPs<br /> </div><table width="150" cellspacing="8" cellpadding="8" border="0" align="right"><tbody><tr><td><img width="150" vspace="3" hspace="3" height="150" align="middle" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=09342b44-7e64-40b1-8a1f-9911e8b6957c&groupId=520986&t=1381919428713" alt="" /></td></tr><tr><td>Scott Price</td></tr></tbody></table><div>“I don’t see how any foreign retailer can comply and, quite honestly, no domestic retailer is complying either”<br />—<strong> Scott Price</strong>, Walmart Asia chief executive, on the government’s condition that 30 per cent of retail products be sourced locally</div><div><br />“I am not the master of what people say”<br />— <strong>Manmohan Singh</strong>, in response to Rahul Gandhi’s outburst on the government’s ordinance on convicted MPs<br /><br />(This story was published in BW | Businessworld Issue Dated 04-11-2013)</div>