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
Hollywood was set up by a bunch of businessmen. They do not see their job as being philanthropists. I don't think it's… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
“Anyone not poor enough to receive is rich enough to give. —Fredrick E. Jordan, African-American Businessman and Philanthropist” — Rodney Jackson 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
“The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
I'm not a good philanthropist yet; I'm not as good as I'd like to be... I believe very hard in luck. It's… — Tim Minchin 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
“Philanthropy is. . . greatly overrated. A pain in the gut is not sympathy for the underprivileged, but the result of eating… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I certainly think Halle Berry's a wonderful role model. She's a terrific stepmother and has shown that in so many beautiful ways… — Sharon Stone Copy Share Image
We started our foundation because we believe we have a real opportunity to help advance equity around the world, to help make… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who… — Marvin Olasky Copy Share Image
Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
In my view, a philanthropist is anyone who gives anything - time, money, experience, skills or networks - in any amount, to… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part.… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
There is the sheer amount of Franklin's wisdom. And the talent. Franklin played four instruments. He was the nation's leading scientist and… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
George Clooney is a wonderful philanthropist. But I've heard regular people say, "Would he just shut up and be hot?" — Wendy Williams Copy Share Image
Apart from acting and singing, there is a philanthropist inside me who craves to do something for the needy and less fortunate. — Roop Durgapal Copy Share Image
I am an actress, a producer, a philanthropist, a wife, and above all a mommy to my beautiful babies, Leonardo and Valentino. — Joyce Giraud Copy Share Image
Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six billion live? If we were aware, we would want to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks. — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
The first time I remember our being socially in the same place was after we graduated and [author, investment counselor, philanthropist, and… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I did do an American pilot, but it wasnt shot in America, it was shot in South Africa. It was called The… — Dominique McElligott Copy Share Image
There could be a powerful international women's rights movement if only philanthropists would donate as much to real women as to paintings… — Nicholas D. Kristof 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
My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
Online, you can become much more than a reactive donor - you can become a proactive, strategic, collaborative philanthropist, improving your giving… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen 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
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
Just as the philanthropist is the nuisance of the ethical sphere, so the nuisance of the intellectual sphere is the man who… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take upon themselves those of the whole world; but as their… — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
I think there's so much of us broken for Americans and particularly African-Americans. I think it's impossible to separate fully some 50-plus… — Jamilah Lemieux Copy Share Image
I am no kind of philanthropist or humanitarian, but it is really nice to get those emails from all over the world… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
Twitter for me is a form of entertainment for the followers and it's also a source of information. I try to tweet… — Peter Facinelli Copy Share Image
The philanthropist too often surrounds mankind with the remembrance of his own cast- off griefs as an atmosphere, and calls it sympathy.… — Henry David Thoreau 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
If you think of life as like a big pie, you can try to hold the whole pie and kill yourself trying… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
When we begin to understand the concept of Karma we will never ever blame God for anything that happens to us. We… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oran Hesterman is a brilliant philanthropist. He had so many progressive ideas about shifting the way that money is given out. He… — Bryant Terry Copy Share Image
To evade such temptations is the first duty of the poet. For as the ear is the antechamber to the soul, poetry… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
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