Brazil Quotes

I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done. (Pelé)
Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple. View quote
Oscar Niemeyer
My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil. View quote
Arto Lindsay
I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win. View quote
Oliver Kahn
Brazil is bigger than Europe, wilder than Africa, and weirder than Baffin Land. View quote
Lawrence Durrell
Brazil was, is, and will be in fashion. View quote
Gilberto Gil
Unless we make revolutionary reforms, some day - in some unknown serra - some unknown Fidel Castro will rise up in Brazil. View quote
Jânio Quadros
Brazil is in a solid position. In the past, if the United States sneezed, we caught pneumonia. Today, if the United States sneezes, we sneeze too. View quote
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
A long time ago I learned not to put the blame for backwardness in Brazil on the US. We have to blame ourselves. Our backwardness is caused by an elite which for a century didn't think about the majority and subordinated itself to foreign interests. View quote
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
I believe that Brazil was prepared to elect a woman. Why? Because Brazilian women achieved that. I didn't come here by myself, by my own merits. We are a majority here in this country. View quote
Dilma Rousseff
The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuelan Haiti and Cuba. (Malcolm X)
Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves. View quote
Marlene Dietrich
I find this in all these places I've been travelling - from India to China, to Japan and Europe and to Brazil - there is a frustration with the terms of public discourse, with a kind of absence of discussion of questions of justice and ethics and of values. View quote
Michael J. Sandel
Now, you'll have to answer my questions." "Oh, very well," Set said. "I like Brazil for the World Cup. I'd advise investing in platinum and small-cap funds. And your lucky numbers this week are 2, 13--" "Not those questions!" Menshikov snapped. View quote
Rick Riordan
A country the size of Brazil can't be held back by Mercosur to do trade with the rest of the world. View quote
Jair Bolsonaro
I want to go back to Brazil, get married, have lots of kids, and just be a couch tomato. View quote
Ana Beatriz Barros
Peppers, garlic, hazelnuts and brazil nuts make my mouth, tongue and eyes swell and itch within minutes of eating them. View quote
Andrea McLean
What really swings is the music of the United States, Cuba, the Caribbean and vicinity, and, of course, Brazil. The rest is all waltzes. View quote
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Brazil, I'm totally obsessed. I've been going since I was 17, and the first time I went, I fell in love with it. View quote
Candice Swanepoel
Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body. View quote
Carmen Miranda
There are many young talents in Brazil. There is a lot of hope in Felipe Massa. It is very difficult to judge him in his first year, but by the end of the end we are going to have a better position how he does in Formula One. (Emerson Fittipaldi)
I based in Brazil, Sao Paulo, but I come very often to the states, and I travel all over the world. View quote
Emerson Fittipaldi
I am investing like a crazy person, mostly in internet start-ups. And I want to invest in Brazil as well, because I am Brazilian and that's in my heart. View quote
Eduardo Saverin
I was educated to think maybe Brazil works, maybe it doesn't. But I decided I am going to make this country work for my children. I am investing all my effort now in making Brazil a great country. View quote
Eike Batista
Brazil is not what you see but what you feel. Once you spend time here - a week, two weeks - you get in the vibe. It's really intoxicating. View quote
Francisco Costa