Paulo Lemann Quotes

#1. What man has done, man can aspire to do.

Jerry Pournelle

#2. In day-to-day life, you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term, it always pays off to be ethical.

Jorge Paulo Lemann

#3. I always say, 'To have a big dream requires the same effort as having a small dream. Dream big!'

Jorge Paulo Lemann

#4. There is no such thing as escape after all, only an exchange of one set of difficulties for another. It wasn't Mark or the farm or marriage I was trying to shake loose from but my own imperfect self, and even if I kept moving, she would dog me all the way around the world, forever.

Kristin Kimball

#5. I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out.

Amy Sedaris

#6. When a black cat crosses your path, follow it. Understand the knowable unknown.

Lionel Suggs

#7. Maybe I was accepted to Harvard only because of my tennis skills, since I definitively had no great academic achievements. I was 17 and only thought about surfing and playing tennis. I had almost never left Rio de Janeiro and had never been to the United States.

Jorge Paulo Lemann

#8. Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.

Susan Cain

#9. The three short years I spent at Harvard, where I lived with excellent people, taught me not only that I must know how to choose my partners but also that choosing excellent partners is a skill you can learn. Obviously, when you spend time with the best, you learn how to choose among them.

Jorge Paulo Lemann

#10. It takes the same effort to think small than to think big. But to think big frees you from the insignificant details.

Jorge Paulo Lemann