“Philanthropist. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket...” — Ambrose Bierce 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
More good has been accomplished by simple people seeking their own honest ends than by all the philanthropists in history. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I am a community activist, philanthropist, breast cancer survivor, advocate and founder and board chair of the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer… — Thelma Jones Copy Share Image
A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
I think, as everyone knows, Charles Kushner is one of the most successful businessmen in the United States and one of the… — Jared Kushner Copy Share Image
A man is called a traitor, or liberator. A rich man is a thief or philanthropist. Is one a crusader or ruthless… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
The part of the philanthropist is indeed a dangerous one; and the man who would do his neighbour good must first study… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
To get your name well enough known that you can run for a public office, some people do it by being great… — John Glenn 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
“That day, I learned that I could be a giver by simply bringing a smile to another person. The ensuing years have… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm proud of the fact that besides being known as a successful former football player, I've also worked hard to establish myself… — Warren Moon Copy Share Image
'Reach for a (cigarette) instead of a sweet' - ...advertising slogan..(of) Albert Lasker, (with) Mary Lasker, health philanthropist, and originator of the… — Ralph W. Moss Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate.… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen 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
He's (husband Russell) raising all this money for children, and blah blah blah. The world sees the philanthropist, the entrepreneur, the businessman,… — Kimora Lee Simmons 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
My undergraduate studies at Brown and graduate degrees from Harvard prepared me for a multifaceted career as an actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
“There's nothing wrong in being rich and famous, so long as you're giving back more than you're keeping for yourself.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
... 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
Let us be Christians toward our fellow-whites, as well as philanthropists toward the blacks our fellow-men. In all things, and toward all,… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
People not only want to support public schools, but people warm to this idea of being a philanthropist, even if they might… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
“A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues. — Julian Lennon Copy Share Image
To be a philanthropist, you don't have to be Nelson Mandela. You just have to look around you and ask, 'What little… — Priyanka Chopra 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
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
“To us children he (Mr Ewing) was our very own ‘Mr Chips’ and invariably we would each receive half a crown whenever… — Bill Scott Copy Share Image
“It is a strange fact, but incontestable, that the philanthropist, who ardent in his desire to do good, who patient, reasonable and… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am: I'm a genuine philanthropist--all other kinds are sham. Each… — W. S. Gilbert 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
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
The best philanthropy is not just about giving money but giving leadership. The best philanthropists bring the gifts that made them successful-the… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Michael Bealmear is a philanthropist, and he has become interested in the issue of refugees, and he proposed that we do an… — Khaled Hosseini 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
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
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
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
