Quotes About Donation

When the tax law changes and people are allowed to choose where their hard earned money goes, then do-gooders can opt to have their money go wherever they see fit. I would rather keep mine and invest and donate with greater efficiency.

There are many ways to push for much-needed reforms: One way is to make a donation. It doesn't matter much whether you contribute publicly or in a private way - either way is good. What matters is your true intention.

Charities are really good. To a certain extent, the ones you pick are arbitrary.

One of the questions that I hear over and over and over is, 'What do we do with all these paintings we do on television?' Most of these paintings are donated to PBS stations across the country. They auction them off, and they make a happy buck with 'em.

If you travel around America you see different sections of highways donated by this or that person, and that's a slow beginning of what may end up being a situation common in the Third World: some sections of highways in wealthy areas are beautifully maintained and other parts are just dirt-strewn potholes.

More recently, faculty at the University of Texas condemned "Western Civilization" courses as inherently right wing, and Yale even returned a $20 million contribution rather than reinstate the course.

Out of the blue, a veteran named Charles Wood, manager of a brush factory in upstate New York, sent Grant a $500 check and offered him a $1,000 interest-free loan for a year, renewable if necessary. Grant accepted this charity with everlasting relief. In his note, Wood tipped his hat to Grant by saying the payment was "for services ending about April 1865.

To defuse tensions and spread economic benefits more widely, he argued that the rich should donate large sums to worthy causes during their lifetimes

Rockefeller's philanthropy was relatively discreet.

By 1910, medicine and education had emerged as the top priorities of the Rockefeller philanthropies

In its thirty-year existence, the GEB dispensed $130 million, equal to more than $1 billion today.

The only thing removed by Rockefeller were the worn carpets, which he donated to the needy through a local church.

Gates had to take account of the many things that Rockefeller had ruled off-limits, such as funding social-welfare agencies.

It does not matter how much we donate it matters whether the donation is meaningful. How to define meaningful? Let society and history judge.

Now the Kids Classic is one of the major fund-raisers for Children's Hospital. Since we started seven years ago, we've raised more than $1 million for the hospital.

Paired organ donation?: Just do it.

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation.

I am in favor of an idea that's been around for a number of years, which is to reward people who are willing to give a kidney and save the life of a stranger.

I'm going to give away a lot more than half my money. I'd be happy to give that to the government if the government put together programs that were like I'm giving away to charity, in which I believe the money is effectively used to help people.

Many Americans say they want to be organ donors, but they just don't get around to acting on their intentions. Helping these potential good Samaritans overcome their inertia could prolong thousands of lives a year.

My friends and I are collecting prom dresses to give to girls who can't afford them for their proms.

I have donated money to campaigns. And I have been known to take to the street in protest. But I am more committed to my immediate politics than general politics.

I would never, ever trade any campaign donation - that's absurd - for some type of favor to anyone.

I'm a big fan of the whole Comic Relief brand.