Fund Quote by Rohini Nilekani Download Open image “As a philanthropist, I fund a lot of NGOs.” — Rohini Nilekani ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fund Lot Ngos Philanthropist
I like to contribute as much as possible to some of the NGOs that I know and in the areas that I like to… — Sharmila Tagore 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
I'm a global ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund and United for Wildlife and I am also a Unicef UK ambassador. It's important to… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
My goal is to work diligently to become the top philanthropist in the world. — Chen Guangbiao Copy Share Image
I'm a technologist by origin and by training, but I'm focused on philanthropy. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
As a philanthropist, I try to help people take ownership. Everything I've done is rooted in the notion that every human being is born… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
I'm obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I'm very passionate about that. — David Nail Copy Share Image
I make a personal commitment to the direction and success of all the programs in which I invest. I make all major philanthropic decisions… — Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi Copy Share Image
As a venture capitalist, I invest in people and ideas that are fresh, vibrant, and willing to disrupt the market. As a political donor,… — Alan Patricof Copy Share Image
I was always clear that I didn't want to just do pure charity. My thinking was definitely about looking at the levers in society… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
No single institution or effort can effectively create solutions for societal problems. — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Addressing governance issues are important because whichever silo you work in, be it education, microfinance, sanitation, food or health, you would eventually hit governance… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
As with oil, water exploitation raises an inter-generational debt that will be hard to repay. — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Often, our laws and policies reflect patriarchal biases that can trap men in stereotypes - for example, the idea of guarding the modesty of… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
What role can such philanthropy play in a society like ours? For one, philanthropic capital can go where markets will not go and where… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
It was only in 2001 that I set up a foundation, Arghyam. That was pretty much to learn the ropes of how to give,… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
History has shown us many times that if the state repressively forces the redistribution of wealth and social justice, it becomes dangerous both for… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
As citizens, we have to co-create good governance, we cannot outsource it and hope to be passively happy consumers. Like everything worth its while,… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
When the fountains of government [borrowing] abundance began to dry up, when through lack of funds and the impossibility of negotiating fresh loans the… — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
The only issue cash presents you is the independence of not stressing about funds. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Thankfully the rest of the world assumed that the Irish were crazy, a theory that the Irish themselves did nothing to debunk. They had… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
When we started Appaloosa, we were going to name it Pegasus because everyone was using Greek names. We filed the name. We paid $300,… — David Tepper Copy Share Image
The Indians didn't help me in dealing with the media. I think they wanted to keep my market value down. I'm moody. I know… — Albert Belle Copy Share Image
I still remember playing my first Challenger tournament in Hong Kong in 1990, and the prize fund was $50,000. — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
It is intellectually dishonest to lump venture investors with hedge fund and buy-out investors. — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
If you don't like the idea that most of the money spent on lottery tickets supports government programs, you should know that most of… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
I really like Kickstarter because you don't have to be a Medici to fund the arts and sciences or to get behind a big… — Lisa Gansky Copy Share Image
Public and private funds have been thrown around like confetti at a country fair, to close up and destroy clinics, hospitals, and scientific research… — Benedict Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
A better distribution of incomes would increase that efficiency by diverting a great fund of wealth from the useless to the useful members of… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image