Paulo Coelho Quotes
Even stopped clocks are right twice a day.
Coelho, Paulo. Brida. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa, HarperCollins, 2008, p. 19.
There is a great tendency in politics and government operations to get extremely precise numbers because political opponents will always attack all numbers that do not support their positions. The result is that typically, so much time and money goes into trying to get precision, that by the time the numbers are good enough the opportunity to make the right policy decision will have passed. Much information that bears on an issue is never used because it is not precise enough while the precise information is not particularly relevant. See {619763} for a similar related quote.
His organization was invited to express his its position to the Task Force on National Health Care Reform but was only given three minutes to speak.
Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist, best known for his novel The Alchemist. In 2014, he uploaded his personal papers online to create a virtual Paulo Coelho Foundation.