Benefits Quote by LaVell Edwards

I embrace the concept of enlightened self-interest - that in doing something for others, people also reap profound benefits for themselves. It might involve…

— Simon McKeon

A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

— Angela Merkel

What I intended to accomplish was to rouse the student body, not by means of an organization, but solely by my simple words; to…

— Kurt Huber

I saw things that reached a point that I could no longer conscientiously participate with them. And I simply do what I could to…

— Edward Snowden

Some of the most valuable stuff I do has to do with my dissenting from the general opinion about people in movements.

— Harvey Pekar

I want my work to contribute toward creating a better society, toward bringing people together. That is always the first consideration, not the money.

— John Kani

The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a…

— Bianca Jagger

My view of my role is that together with like-minded men and women, I could help contribute to a bipartisan view of American engagement…

— Henry Kissinger

You have the right to be involved. You have something important to contribute, and you have to take the risk to contribute it.

— Mae Jemison

My work gives me a sense of purpose that I never really had before - it gives me a lot of joy, and it…

— Madonna Ciccone

I'm not trying to top anything. I'm trying to be useful, to play a positive role, to serve the public interest.

— Al Gore

What you need for a participatory system to work: "a plausible promise, an effective tool, and an acceptable bargain."

— Clay Shirky