* We will tell them that from now on it's 7 per cent growth. Come 2001, we will be on to 8 per cent. The question is "" can corporations and investors ignore India? Finance minister, P Chidambaram, on India's marketing strategy at the World Economic Forum meet, in The Economic Times
* The Pay Panel report would hurt the sentiments of every section of the society. There should not be curtailment of traditional holidays. Bharatiya Janata Party vice president, K L Sharma, in The Times of India
* By April 30, you will know everything. It is not an easy task, but I promise you that when I say April 30, it means I will stick to the date. CBI director Joginder Singh, assuring the press of an honest investigation of the Bofors case, as reported by PTI
* It is not in the interest of Congress (I) to withdraw support. However, we are not to be blamed if the United Front government falls because of its own contradictions. Congress party spokesperson, V N Gadgil, in The Hindu
* We are not surprised by the slowdown in the mid-size car segment . Everybody is going to eat into the other's pocket. Ronald G Nardi, president of General Motors India, in Business Line
* Success to me, in this company, is not only getting a financially healthy and growing company. It is also having arrived at the day that I can leave here, and this place can run as well without me as it can run with me. George Fisher, chairman, Eastman Kodak, in Forbes
* Do not be afraid. There will be no return to the past under any circumstances. We will never swerve from the path of democracy and market economy. Russian prime minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin, addressing the World Economic Forum meet, as reported by The Asian Age
