[At] the end of the day, when we talk about cities, we talk about a gathering of people. And we cannot see that as a problem.

Favelas [slums] are not always a problem. Favelas can sometimes really be a solution.

I have the best job in the world. I wake up every morning energized at the thought of running Rio de Janeiro, the most exciting city on the planet.

If you don't have love, you don't have much at all.

In a bull market, everyone becomes an expert! In a bear market, everyone becomes wise!

But we are mostly what we are, and the turtle stretching toward delicious buds on high does not lighten his carapace by his resolve.

If you're gonna build units for the rich, you're gonna build units for the poor.

Regret doesn't budge things; it seems crazy that the force of all that human want can't amend a moment, can't even stir a pebble.

It is one thing to lack a heart and another to possess eyes and a just imagination.

I don't place too much importance on words. It's always the last thing I do because I'm definitely more interested in mood.

He seems faster too me. He could get seven to 10 yards in a pretty comfortable fashion. I went up to our defense and said 'Hey guys, that guy is pretty fast.'

That which we know is but little; that which we have a presentiment of is immense; it is in this direction that the poet outruns the learned man.

Are people born wicked, or is wickedness trust upon them?