Alex Gibney Quotes

We want to show how technology can be applied to fix our problems. We need to celebrate not just success but to celebrate people who make a difference. It starts with people who do things for love, with no expectation of return. Some of that turns into enormous financial success, and then some of it goes back into doing it for love.

Our intention is that people use MakerBots to have a positive impact on the world.

Humanity, in the aggregate, is progressing, and philanthropy looks forward hopefully.

Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here.

I'm very passionate about charity... Performing is my passion. But it's not gonna change the world. That's why I give back.

One percent of the equity, 1 percent of the profits, and 1 percent of the people go into Google.org. The most important asset isn’t money, it’s people. One percent of the people means 60 or 70 of the smartest people in the world trying to solve some of the biggest problems in the world.

A Path Appears is an insightful book focused on how individuals can contribute to positive change and the remarkable people behind the organizations that make it happen. The authors' desire to motivate people to support good causes, learn about the situation in other countries, and find the best way to help their fellow men and women is inspiring.

I remain hopeful that science, innovation and kindness will come to the fore as things become more and more tense in parts of the world. I think what you are seeing in the world right now is kind of a leveling or an attempt to level the playing field.

What positive change? Why didn't we hear a word about all of Hillary Clinton's good works for the Clinton charitable foundation? I mean, you would think that's where it would all be.But we didn't hear about it.

There seems scarcely any limit to what could be done in the way of producing a good world, if only men would use science wisely.

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

There are other people who don't mind shouting from the pulpit and being judged for it, and they do a hell of a lot of good - real, on-the-ground, life-changing good. So I think it can sometimes be a balancing act.

My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.

I have a magnificent obsession. All I want to do is change the world ...make it a better place for this and future generations.

Looking back, if I had to live my life over, there are things I would do differently, but the one thing I would not change is my charitable giving. I'm particularly thankful for my father's advice to set goals so high that they can't possibly be achieved during a lifetime and to give help where help is needed most. That inspiration keeps me energized and eager to keep working hard every day on giving back and making the world a better place for generations to come.

My dream is to find individuals who take financial resources and convert them into changing the world in the most positive ways.

Put your passions to work to make this world a better place.

Whenever a natural disaster occurs, it is always the Red Cross that responds quickly and compassionately. I am honored to lend my voice to their cause, and thrilled to serve on the Celebrity Cabinet for 2010.

I think it's important to be involved with charities that don't necessarily reflect what you're dealing with in your life.

The Clinton foundation has done a lot of good in the world.

The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations.

I have drifted away from thinking about these philanthropic things. And it was only as the wealth got large enough and Melinda and I had talked about the view that wealth wasn't something that would be good to just pass to the children.

Large charity doth never soil, but only whitens soft white hands.

. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done by pessimism; optimists will never change the world for the better.

For me, success is being able to give back to your friends, your family, your community, those in need and the world entire.