Casey Neistat Quotes

When I was a 25-year-old kid, I raised $260,000 for my first show, 'The Pajama Game,' in such a homemade, pathetic, endearing way - a buck here, a buck there.

A lot of people can raise money.

I know about raising money.

I didn't go on a campaign of developers asking, 'Please give me money.'

I am good at raising money.

My challenge is that because I am not self-funding... I'm going out leaning on the generosity of everyday folks.

When I was 18 years old, in a more innocent time, my first backpacking trip through Europe, I sneaked into the Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum after nightfall and spent several hours in there avoiding the guards patrolling.

When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my guitar and my backpack. I was gone for about four months.

At 17, I traveled to Mexico in a lemon yellow Mustang and saved money by bunking down in cheap, cockroach-infested flophouses. In my early 20s, I went on to thumb rides through Europe, readily sleeping in train stations, my backpack as a pillow. Once I even hunkered down for a night on a sidewalk grate - for warmth - in Paris.

I'm basically for the whole year just traveling with three suitcases.

When I left school, I went backpacking around the world for two years.

Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult.

We were constantly appealing for funds from readers when I edited 'The Black Dwarf' in 1968-69.

Asking people for money is really different than asking people for their support.

I've done my fair share of fundraising over the years, and I know how difficult that can be, so I could only imagine people's reaction when I was asking them to part with their hard-earned cash for a movie.

Whether you're raising money for a cause, a personal need, or a project, most crowdfunding sites center on you hitting up people you already know. These sites make it easier to tap your social network for funds, but only the most compelling cases inspire support from strangers.

As a young woman, before I had any money, I went backpacking across India, and I was aware of how gritty it could be.

I love traveling. I've been doing it since I was 16.

In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.

If we get the donations, I think we're going to raise a significant amount of money; some will be used for some administered costs, but the public portion of that will go directly into grants.

You don’t get campaign contributions just because it’s a philanthropic endeavor.

Fund raising letters are not successful unless they elicit a favorable response.

I hit a home run in my first game, and they told me to go into the stands and pass my cap around. I made six dollars in nickels, dimes, and quarters.

I never travelled when I was younger.

I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Clif bars.