11 Quotes by Ricardo Reis

Para ser grande, sê inteiro: nadaTeu exagera ou exclui.Sê todo em cada coisa. Põe quanto ésNo mínimo que fazes.Assim em cada coisa a Lua todaBrilha, porque alta vive.

A vida passa e não fica, nada deixa e nunca regressa.

Wise is the man who contents himself with the spectacle of the world.

Se recordo quem fui, outrem me vejo, E o passado é o presente na lembrança. Quem fui é alguém que amo Porém somente em sonho. E a saudade que me aflige a mente Não é de mim nem do passado visto, Senão de quem habitoPor trás dos olhos cegos. Nada, senão o instante, me conhece. Minha mesma lembrança é nada, e sinto Que quem sou e quem fui São sonhos diferentes.

With one eye on the past,some see which they cannot see,whilst others in the future seethat which cannot be seen.Why go so far, look closer!What is freedom? The day is here!This is the hour, the moment;and this moment is who we are and that is that.Forever flowing, the eternal hourreveals our insignificance.In a single gasp we live and die, so size the day,for the day is simply who you are.

When the score is toted up, we think he has a legitimate claim to being the greatest central banker who ever lived.

He was very much a good leader at Harvard and was pushing Harvard in a positive direction. He had very ambitious plans for Harvard, and they were for the most part plans with which I agreed.

While there are some negatives in the record, when the score is toted up, we think he has a legitimate claim to being the greatest central banker who ever lived. His performance as chairman of the Fed has been impressive.

The secret to Greenspan's success remains a secret. When the next leader of the Fed takes his seat behind the chairman's desk and opens the top drawer in search of Alan Greenspan's magic formula, he will be sorely disappointed.