Cannot Quote by Rohini Nilekani

At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.

— Noreena Hertz

In the ideal world, philanthropy should be redundant or at least it should be at the edges, as innovation or risk capital. But it's…

— Rohini Nilekani

If you think of global public goods like polio eradication, the kind of risk-taking new approach, philanthropy really does have a role to play…

— Bill Gates

I realize there are few sectors that can do what philanthropy does, which is look at big problems, take a long term view, try…

— Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Philanthropy can be integrated into business. I believe strongly that companies can be incredible agents of good in the world.

— Marc Benioff

Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the…

— David Rockefeller

I really hope that the philanthropy movement is seen not just as wealthy people giving money away but wealthy people giving away their time,…

— David Rubenstein

Philanthropy can take the risks that others cannot or will not.

— Judith Rodin

Though easy to define, it is important to understand the significance of philanthropy. I believe it is really a state of mind: where one…

— Shiv Nadar

So many rich people, when they get into philanthropy, they have one thing they like, or several things they focus on. They pick a…

— David Fahrenthold

Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.

— Melinda Gates

Bill [Gates] and I believe philanthropy can only be effective if it starts things and proves whether they actually work or not. That's the…

— Melinda Gates