Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes

I like being able to donate my comedy to charity. I'm not a billionaire, and I can't write checks.

When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in.

When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it's a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show.

Welcome to the Salvation Army. I've never been associated with an offense so nice about giving the ball away.

I am always joking and always clowning, giving and helping.

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.

I want to be remembered as the biggest philanthropist in Turkey.

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

I'm a sucker for giving people money on the street. I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing, but I can't help myself.

Charity is willingly given from the heart.

I believe you should help people.

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

For over 35 years, I've been making charitable donations anonymously.

I'd make Jack Benny look like a philanthropist.

I just feel like I have when I started making a lot of money, I started spreading it out to people. Mickelson, the whole deal, the over-tip: if I see a guy that looks like he needs a hand out or something, I'll pull something out and give him something.

To be honest, we donate to projects that we think are meaningful. How society views it or how we are viewed by history, well, we'll let them decide. How others view us is out of our control.

I have been able to travel all over the country and see many places that I probably never would have visited. I have also participated in many charity events for worthy causes.

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: 'What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.'

I love helping out good people who are doing good things.

I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.

The generosity of the American people is legendary. So is their spirit.

Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.

The Royal family have always been great philanthropists.

Tim Tebow is one of my biggest inspirations. I actually want to be able to do some of the things that he does in terms of the amount of charity work and the non-profit work, and the way he impacts people off the field. I think that is what is most inspiring to me about him.

From paying off friends' tax bills to rescuing stray dogs and stuffing £20 notes into the hands of homeless people, I can't get rid of my money fast enough.