Burnie Burns Quotes

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.

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.

My wealth is very limited. I need to influence other people to give.

A lot of people can raise money.

I know about raising money.

People pigeonhole me - I'm known for raising more money than any man alive.

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

I'm not good at raising money. I don't like to raise money. It's been my experience that when I ask someone for money, it's not long before they return the favor.

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.

The moment we put up the PayPal button, some guy donated $300. That's when we realized that if you give somebody a chance to support something on the Internet, they'll do it.

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.

Kickstarter is perfect for us. It wasn't something we heard about and just got to it. We did our research, met with the people at Kickstarter - they are brilliant, and they're excited to work with us.

My whole life has been about risk and reward.

Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.

My name can raise money on a small-budget film.

I put the 'fun' in fund-raising and the 'rah' in Israel.

I get, like, 50 emails a day from kids being like, 'I want to go on this trip around the world. How do I get a sponsor?'

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

You hope your buddies will win so you don't have to loan them any money.

If you play your cards right things are going to happen in the long run. In the short run, it is anybody's guess.

I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there.

They're so generous, the American fans. They send money to the various charities I support. I tried to raise a little bit of money to send to Nepal, and they were straight in with thousands of dollars.

Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.