Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sepp Blatter

For the time being, I don't think Brazil has a (single) stadium for the Cup.

Paul Wolfowitz

I was pleased to hear various Brazilians say that this technology can be transferred.

Fabio Capello

Liverpool won the European Cup and they should have the right to defend their trophy. The champions should be involved but I think they should have to qualify like Brazil have to qualify for next year's World Cup.

Richard Boucher

We have told the Brazilians that we think that these are measures that provide tremendous inconvenience to travelers and that they need to be changed.

You can be sure that in countries like Brazil and India, there may be guidelines in place, but they're not being followed as strictly as they are here,

Without a doubt the investments flows into Brazil by foreign investors are bolstering the real.

Peter Scott

It has a very strong corporate sector, a very sensible government and Brazil is a place that is going to do extremely well over the medium term after this rough patch is out of the way.

It could reduce immigration because it would make it more difficult for Brazilians to get there, but that wouldn't be the end of it.

Kristin Kreuk

Someday I'd like to do some real traveling. I'm obsessed with Brazil and I've always had this dream of backpacking through South America.

George Grey

This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet surely, to that state which must entail inevitable destruction on the existing Government of the country.

Walter Salles

And my generation in Brazil was influenced by Cinema Novo. So we're echoing what's been done way in the past.

Marta

One of our problems is the culture of Brazil which focuses on men's football. Of course we would like to change that. Maybe one day we will have a strong competitive league instead of our women footballers always having to play abroad.

Marta

Football in Brazil is seen as a masculine sport, even with a lot of people accepting the female sport.

The story is clearest in the natural resource area. They import a lot from resource-rich countries like Brazil and Chile. It's no mistake that those are two of the top five performing markets in the world this year.

Rubin said that it is too early to talk about a Brazil rescue plan,

Say you buy a factory in Brazil. When Brazil devalues its currency, that factory's value in dollars drops dramatically so your investment is worth a lot less. People are less likely to invest in a country that's prone to devaluations,

This case creates a situation in which the government and the family in Brazil must deserve some answers.

This is the first time in a long time that Brazil has been able to put together so many favorable conditions for growth. And that fact is due to the economic policies that have been in effect over the last three years.

The U.S. will seek his extradition from Brazil to the United States.

Gordon Taylor

Brazil wouldn't appoint a foreign coach, Germany wouldn't, Italy wouldn't, Spain wouldn't and neither would France or Holland, so why should we?

Brazil tends to be driven by the U.S. and people have got their eye on the Nasdaq. There's no strong reason locally for the decline.

Brazil is on autopilot. Congress could do nothing for the next year, and Brazil would still be a good credit.

Brazil is no stranger to economic calamity. This is a blip.

Marc Chandler

Brazil is caught in a combination of its own policy mistakes and powerful market forces.

Laura Bush

Brazil is a very important player ... When Brazil speaks, people listen carefully.

Daniel Kammen

Brazil is a big success story in this.

Laura Bush

Brazil is a big, big, important country in this world, and the United States recognizes that, ... So whether it be trade ... or whether it be working together on the science and technology ... or it be promoting democracy in the neighborhood, the relationship is vital and important.

Peter Scott

Brazil has in many ways a very robust economy,

Brazil has been a disaster from the get-go. It's not a surprise they sold it, and it's not a surprise they didn't get much for it.

Ronaldinho

Brazil go into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil, it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country. Not just the fans and players, but everybody in Brazil lets us know that they expect it. Our president, people in politics, all tell us to come back with the World Cup.

Michael Shifter

To be frank, it doesn't surprise me. Chavez is a case apart; but if you look at the finance ministers -- Chile, Uruguay, Brazil -- all of them would please Milton Friedman with their fiscal discipline and their closing down of debts. And even those on the left stress 'effectiveness' as the model. It shows that the old labels don't have a lot of meaning in the present context.

The business case for manufacturing in Brazil is not about optimizing labor costs but about getting inside a complex duty system.

Mario Batali

To get to New York, I was actually on my way to Brazil to help someone open a restaurant and stopped in Florida and met an old college buddy of mine who had a restaurant called Rocco. I came up to open that and I've been in New York for 11 years.