Eike Quotes & Sayings

That's a problem. I mean, like any sort of growing startup organization, we are sort of overwhelmed by our growth. And that means we're getting enormous quantity of whistleblower disclosures of a very high caliber, but don't have enough people to actually process and vet this information. — Julian Assange

We'd spent eleven hours together. That had to be some kind of record for a second date that didn't involve a sleepover or a kidnapping. — Abigail Barnette

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

Enabling people to make and receive phone calls during flight demonstrated the flexibility of a high-speed connectivity system. We allowed our guests to make calls to the ground while we flew over international waters. — Christopher Peterson

What I learned from my father is to think big. — Eike Batista

To protect civilians, the state needs sometimes to do things that are contrary to democratic behavior. — Anonymous

A person shows himself for an instant as in a photograph but clearer and in the background something which is bigger than his shadow. — Tomas Transtromer

To be powerful in South America, you have to be transparent and you have to have a very clean reputation. Transparency for me today is a magic word in South America. Power comes from transparency and a track record of execution. — Eike Batista

the OGX exec, told a story about how Eike stayed home sick from work once. He spent the day in bed. The next day when he showed up at the office, he said, "You're all fucked. I didn't sleep well, and I wrote up twenty-seven new business ideas that we need to get cracking on right away." Eike — Alex Cuadros

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

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. — Eike Batista

When the energy of compassion and love touches us, healing establishes itself. — Nhat Hanh

The seat I had taken was marked for the use of the elderly and handicapped, but had another claimant come, a figure like Charles, for instance, I would have been prepared to leave the train, when my stop came, with a lurching gait or limb held awry to designate my previously unguessed incapacity. — Alan Hollinghurst

As his raft skimmed over the water, taking him back to the mortal world, he understood a line from the Prophecy better-an oath to keep with a final breath.
He understood how dangerous oaths could be. But Leo didn't care.
"I'm coming back for you, Calypso," he said to the night wind. "I swear it on the River Styx. — Rick Riordan

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

Finding oil is a multidisciplinary science. You need a lot of people - statisticians, engineers, and geologists, of course. And what I have learned in the past 30 years is that I read people better than I read books. — Eike Batista

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. — Eike Batista

One of the first lessons a warrior is taught is that denial of one's circumstances only results in failure to recognize real danger. — Karen Marie Moning

A modern author would have died in infancy in a ruder age. — Henry David Thoreau

The self is configured in ways that both reflect and influence the very foundations of social life and everyday living. Without the guidance set by a particular set of ideas about what it means to be human, political conflict would be impossible. The shape of the self in a particular era indicates which goals individuals are supposed to strive toward, and how individuals are to comport themselves while striving; it indicates what is worthwhile, who is worthwhile, and which institutions determine worthwhileness. In other words, the self emerges out of a moral dialogue that sets the stage for all other political struggles. Once the self is set, the rest of the struggles begin to appear in the clearing: they materialize. — Philip Cushman

Modern cyberspace is a deadly festering swamp, teeming with dangerous programs such as 'viruses,' 'worms,' 'Trojan horses' and 'licensed Microsoft software' that can take over your computer and render it useless. — Dave Barry

He who comes first, eats first. — Eike Of Repgow

There is no break in the wholeness of time. — Ursula K. Le Guin

If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish. — Black Elk

The U.S. Army records alone for World War II weigh 17,000 tons, and even the best historians have not done more than just scratch the surface. The story is such that 500 years from now people will be writing and reading about it. — Rick Atkinson

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