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.

Don't think you are unstoppable or foolproof. Don't think that the only way your business will work is through perfection. Don't aim for perfection. Aim for success.

Don’t aim for perfection, aim for success.

Nobody is happy alone. To share experiences is always a good thing.

What I learned from my father is to think big.

We firmly believe in Trafiguras unparalleled capacity to extract the full value of the Sudeste Superport.

I can tell you that today 99% of my investments are in Brazil and will remain here.

You cannot exist as a $20 billion company with speculation.

People want things to be complicated, but they have to love themselves first and then each other and then it will seed everywhere

Some artists benefit less from being interviewed than they do from being left alone.

But, I get this feeling that if I stay close to you, I'll find what I'm looking for

I had a lover's quarrel with the world.

Kim Jong Un shaved his eyebrows and got his hair sticking right up. How would you like the leader of your country looking like Lady Gaga? Even Dennis Rodman told him he looks weird.

Many people will say, well, clothes should be worn; but I think people can look at them in public, like seeing a film. I think museum exhibitions are very important

The life of nature we must meet halfway; it is shy, withdrawn, and blends itself with a vast neutral background. We must be initiated; it is an order the secrets of which are well guarded.

It is chiefly in New York that I feel induced to urge this, because New York is, by innumerable ties, connected with Europe - more connected than several parts of Europe itself.

Not Expecting, but hoping. Always hoping

Where children are, there is the golden age.