<div>We had heard of income, sales, and excise taxes but, for the first time, we heard about a Jayanthi tax in Delhi. Till the time that was not paid, files could not be moved”<br />— <strong>Narendra Modi, </strong>chief minister of Gujarat, referring to former environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan<br /><br />“It was like doing an open heart surgery on a runner during a marathon”<br />— <strong>Sanjay Reddy,</strong> vice-chairman of GVK Group, on building the new terminal at the Mumbai International Airport<br /><br />“We want the big guys to spend the money and figure out what works and what doesn’t, and then we want to copy it”<br />— <strong>Bill Crawford, </strong>CEO, Rockville Bank, on the bank’s technology strategy<br /><br />“He seems to have convinced himself that history will treat him kindly. He is being over-optimistic”<br />—<strong> K. Natwar Singh,</strong> former foreign minister, referring to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh<br /> </div><table width="150" cellspacing="8" cellpadding="8" border="0" align="right"><tbody><tr><td><img width="150" height="150" align="middle" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=d394e246-b3b7-47fe-a00c-0c2eb0b5169d&groupId=520986&t=1390213353796" alt="" /></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"><strong>Anand Sharma</strong></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div>“If we are to be the third-largest economy, then we need to start behaving like one”<br />— <strong>Sashi Mukundan,</strong> head, BP India, on delays in securing regulatory approvals<br /><br />“It’s very tough to sell the message that you are growing and you are cutting. Which is it?”<br />— <strong>Fritz Nauck,</strong> director at McKinsey & Co, on banks emphasising on both cost cuts and growth<br /><br />“It is simply populism heading towards anarchy... arbitrary and regressive”<br />— <strong>Anand Sharma, </strong>commerce minister, on the AAP-led Delhi government’s decision to disallow FDI in multi-brand retail<br /><br />(This story was published in BW | Businessworld Issue Dated 10-02-2014)</div>