Arlen Specter Quotes

I don't think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack.

Raising money, like sausage-making, ain't pretty to see, and it would be just criminally naive to rely on the big hearts of big donors.

I think I've demonstrated... that I'm a good fundraiser.

Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.

Barack Obama has raised tons of money. That is what he means by being green.

You have to offer a product that creates an environment that captures donations, but at the end of the day, it's not the environment that draws in the money but the cause.

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.

I felt that one of the things God impressed on me was that I needed to start a nonprofit corporation, so that any money that came my way, whether it was an honorarium, a book sale or a gift, would go into a nonprofit ministry.

There shouldn't be budget problems. There is so much money that goes untapped. If every athlete gave 5% of what they earned, there wouldn't be any budget problems.

I think we really feel like Crowdrise could be something that, 20 years from now, people take for granted because that's just how you do it, like if you're going to raise money for something, that's how you do it.

I'm just raising money. Dead presidents are my relatives.

Congressmen spend between five and seven hours a day on the phone, begging for money.

The new rule of thumb is that 80% of a president's time must be spent in raising funds for their schools.

When you're working in public radio, you don't have any money to advertise.

Some candidates can sit in an office for 10 hours a day asking for money. That's just not who I am.

In running for Congress, you have to raise over $2 million. You are going to end up shaking hands with people with whom you would rather not shake hands. 95 percent of all the candidates with the most money, win.

You build massive databases, you learn everything you can about the people in those databases, you figure out exactly how they can be useful to your campaign, and you ask them to donate money, door-knock, the virtual equivalent of being a sort of army of stamp lickers.

I prefer building rather than fundraising.

If they can't suck money out of the Hamptons, a candidate really has to throw in the sponge.

I was never a good fundraiser.

I have a lot of supporters but they are not well organized. They send me donations but for the most part, their commitment is not really serious.

Trump is not a fan of fundraising, but he's willing to do it.

Last month Mitt Romney raised $76 million. He found it in an old sport-coat pocket.

I also know how to ask people for money and I have no shame about doing that.

I am hoping to be able to lend my support to a Sickle Cell charity in the near future, as I want to try and help raise money and awareness about this disease.