... we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the still more foolish philanthropist feebly… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the US, quite a few of the ultra-rich have… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
My grandfather was an exceptional entrepreneur and philanthropist who moved from Palestine to Jordan and created an amazing group of companies. In… — Hanan Kattan Copy Share Image
So much of my work is as Yara, not as a character. If you're attacking my work as a philanthropist or activist,… — Yara Shahidi Copy Share Image
Being a philanthropist doesn't mean necessarily writing a huge check. It can mean mobilizing your community to start asking questions. — Kavita Ramdas Copy Share Image
The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
There is, however, a moral basis for the vegetarian diet for which the indeterminate value of an animal's life takes on irrelevance.… — Howard Lyman Copy Share Image
“Positive thinking is to adversity what chicken noodle soup is to an illness -- it will turn some things around for the… — Jerry D. Guess Copy Share Image
I'm right now standing inside Hamilton-Selway Fine Art as an artist, as a philanthropist, as a child of God, and more importantly… — Steven Jackson Copy Share Image
As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
The problem for most of us is that the cup has holes, so love goes out just as easily as it goes… — Marci Shimoff Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The people in Coming of Age were far less curmudgeonly than you would think. The greater percentage said that without the young… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I would say to young entrepreneurs and budding philanthropists - are you giving to feel good or do good? — Andrew Forrest Copy Share Image
You can invest in companies, you can help grow companies, you can be a venture capitalist - and be a philanthropist at… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
If every young person pursued their greatest passion and then said, 'What part of this can be applied to social good?' You… — Monique Coleman Copy Share Image
I would love to have had much more money so that I could be a philanthropist. — Robin Chase Copy Share Image
I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The poor can't wait. Philanthropists needed to carry on being generous. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Religious literature has eminent examples, and if we run over our private list of poets, critics, philanthropists and philosophers, we shall find… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
