Brazil Quotes
164 quotes by 125 authors
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So, Mexico, Brazil, they wanted their national culture to be 'blackish' - really brown, a beautiful brown blend. And finally, I discovered that in each…
— Henry Louis Gates
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My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
— Marlene Dietrich
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Four years ago maybe we thought we were inferior to Brazil, subconsciously we didn't see ourselves beating them. Now we believe in ourselves, we can…
— Rio Ferdinand
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In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.
— Alan Hansen
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There used to be a cruel joke that said Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be; Obama is the Brazil of…
— Charles Krauthammer
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If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don't see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies,…
— Adriana Lima
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That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to…
— Angela Merkel
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It's scoring goals that's great, whether against Brazil or anybody else.
— Lionel Messi
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Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves.
— John Motson
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Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
— Oscar Niemeyer
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You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect.
— Jeremy Rifkin
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Brazil has rediscovered itself, and this rediscovery is being expressed in its people's enthusiasm and their desire to mobilize to face the huge problems that…
— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch.
— James Taylor
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Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let…
— Dionne Warwick
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I first came to Brazil in the Sixties. Then I started coming back every year since touring most of the country. I grew to love…
— Dionne Warwick
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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…
— Malcolm X
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Do you want to go back to Vienna?†he said. Alec didn’t answer, just stared into space. “Or we could go somewhere else,†said Magnus.…
— Cassandra Clare
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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…
— Rick Riordan
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Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost.
— Truman Capote
Who Wrote These Brazil Quotes
125 authors contributed a total of 164 Brazil Quotes, led by these top contributors: