Quotes About Philanthropy

Don't nobody wanna talk about or hear about somebody donating money to a charity. You wanna hear about what Bin Laden is doing and what you think is on his mind.

I could probably say one thing that I'm excited about is I definitely wanna be an entrepreneur and be a humanitarian and that stuff.

I make no apology for wanting to make a profit - the more I make, the bigger percentage will go to charity. So most of the work I do now is motivated by that.

An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated.

People not only want to support public schools, but people warm to this idea of being a philanthropist, even if they might have only have $5 to spare.

I admire people like Warren Buffett that are donating so much money to charity.

At least once a year, I meet with a group called the Giving Pledge. It's a group of billionaires - including me, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Ted Turner - who have pledged to give away most of their money to charity. We meet for three days to talk about what we're doing to help make the planet a better place to live.

I give away about 50 percent of my income, so my, you know, desire to give back to the country is pretty strong and I intend to give away a lot more. I've signed the giving pledge with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and I intend to give away the bulk of my money.

You can't be no philanthropist, no Warren Buffett, unless you make something first.

At what age did Warren Buffett come into philanthropy? At 76. He gave a very good reason. He said his wife was considerably younger than him. And all Americans believe they would live till 80, and they do live till 80. He told his wife that when he is gone, she should take care of whatever they need to do.

As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

A lot of people are happy to give money to charities but are wary of giving through taxes because they feel it doesn't produce any value.

The founder of the Mona Foundation actually knew my dad for years, and the more I learned about it, the more I realized I really found the perfect charity. It sponsors schools and educational initiatives all over the planet.

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

A society with more justice needs less charity.

Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.

He is great who confers the most benefits.

Jobs sardonically said that the charity world was a good place for Bill Gates, since he didn't have anything really creative to do with his time.)

There is more than one way to measure profits and losses. On every level, institutions can and should have a heart.

Through my career at ExxonMobil, I've been actively involved in United Way campaigns.

I've auctioned off many scripts and will continue to do so for good causes.

It's good for people to believe in causes larger than themselves.

Every day I am on this Earth, I will do all I can for so many important causes.

We don't celebrate birthdays in our family; the money was always given towards social causes.