Business Quote by Shiv Nadar

You have to feel more involved than just writing out a cheque. Charity is almost the wrong word - I think people are beginning…

— Joanna Lumley

Being a philanthropist doesn't mean necessarily writing a huge check. It can mean mobilizing your community to start asking questions.

— Kavita Ramdas

Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely…

— Naveen Jain

To us, the definition of philanthropy is what we spend. A P&L account means expenditure, lines of revenue. There is a surplus; it goes…

— Shiv Nadar

A foundation is a large amount of money completely surrounded by people who want some.

— Dwight Macdonald

The foundation is an instrument forged by citizens who transfer profit from the commercial sector and put it directly to work as risk capital…

— Richard Cornuelle

$3,000 from a residual cheque was all I made one year.

— Ben Mendelsohn

The highest pay cheque my mother ever received funded the building of a nursery school in Shepherd's Bush - the school cost well over…

— Joely Richardson

The Trump Foundation is a private-family foundation. They give virtually every cent in the Trump Foundation to charitable causes.

— Mike Pence

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

Most of the money given by rich people in "charity" is made up of conscience money, "ransom," political bribery, and bids for titles.... One…

— George Bernard Shaw

“Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.”

— Ezra Pound