Wherever I go, as long as I get a hot vegetable dish, I am okay. If I am in Gujarat, I have Gujarati food. If it's Shillong, it's northeastern. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go… — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to… — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
We must get rid of fossil fuels by developing injection systems for automobiles, which can run on bio-fuel. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
Smart habitation is an integrated area of villages and a city working in harmony and where the rural and urban divide has reduced to… — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell.… — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
