Brazil Quotes

“Flag of Brazil”

“To live in Brazil sucks, but it is good.”

“Every fan in Brazil is crying right now.”

“Ordem e Progresso [Order and Progress]”

“Nobody would want to go in for a partnership with Brazil.”

“In Brazil we have a saying, 'You're married, but you're not dead'.”

“Brasil, um sonho intenso, um raio vívido
De amor e de esperança à terra desce.”

“An utter humiliation for Brazil, just got worse! ... A devastated Brazil; a devastated nation.”

“Wikicommons: Brazil”

“All of Brazil is crying right now.”

“What is black in the United States is not what's black in Brazil.”

“Brazil is bigger than Europe, wilder than Africa, and weirder than Baffin Land.”

“Brazil is my way to see the world. Being born in that country means: "you don't have a wall separating the physical reality from the magical reality."”

“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 lie ahead of us.”

“The crimson monads of the deep,
The flying-fish with fitful leap,
Assai palms of matchless grace,
The giant in the vine’s embrace,—
These were his books while journeying on
To read the unknown Amazon.”

“I've been actually visiting Brazil frequently for the last period, and Brazil is now on the cusp of some major breakthroughs with respect to racism. I think that they have the opportunity to choose whether to follow the example of the US and South Africa”

““I want to find out who is supplying items to a government agency. Is there an easy way to find out?”
The librarian folded his handkerchief into a square on his palm before he answered.
“This is Brazil. There is no easy way to find out anything.””

“With clearer light, Cross of the South, shine forth
  In blue Brazilian skies;
And thou, O river, cleaving half the earth
  From sunset to sunrise,
From the great mountains to the Atlantic waves
  Thy joy’s long anthem pour.”

“The history of Brazil in many respects parallels that of the United States. Both are nations which have carved civilizations out of the wilderness. Both have been endowed with great natural resources and both have been developed by people whose dominant motive is freedom.”

“By "Mongrel Complex" I mean the inferiority in which Brazilians put themselves, voluntarily, in comparison to the rest of the world. Brazilians are the reverse Narcissus, who spit in their own image. Here is the truth: we can't find personal or historical pretexts for self-esteem.”