Emo Philips Quotes

Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ.

I headed out to have a breather at the stage door, dressed in my tramp costume. I had my bowler hat between my feet and there were passers-by, and one of them turned back and said, 'Do you need help, brother?' And $1 fell into my hat!

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.

Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.

I have anonymously helped many thousands.

I do shamefully little for charity, and I always talk about it when I do.

I always pull over for people who need a push.

I have been doing good deeds since I was just a small child.

Whenever I see people in difficulty, I just try to help them. In fact, I believe I have helped over 700,000 people in my life.

Scott Hall is a great wrestler, a better friend, but more than anything a very caring human being. Scott never passed a homeless person or someone in need without opening his wallet. This is a guy that has the first two nickels he ever made.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Your government is still on the same side of the street as the Good Samaritan and not those who pass by on the other side.

No one would have remembered the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions. He had money as well.

In our time, there are still many, like those in the Good Samaritan story, who being of the religious classes in that time, purposely crossed to the other side of the road, and passed by the injured and bleeding.

My faith is central to everything I do. My faith position is a Good Samaritan position of trying to watch out for the other person.

I don't expect people to forget my brash words or deeds. But I ask that they try to remember the actions that I took that were designed to help them.

I want to help people in need, but I don't want people to know I'm doing it.

When I was seven, I decided to buy all my friends some ice cream, but the problem was where to get the money. Sneaking into church, I went to the side of the altar where you can light a candle for your loved ones and took the money from the collection boxes.

'Bloody do-gooders' is my expression for people who are nicer than me, who are better than me.

'Les Miserables', the book, 'Les Miserables', the musical - it's about giving; it's about goodness. It's about compassion and love.

To me, there are saints every day. They stand up and help others and live for others and do things for others.

When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and call it charity; when the crumbs are swept from our table, we think it generous to let the dogs eat them; as if that were charity which permits others to have what we cannot keep.

You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

Giving is like a muscle. To be strong, you have to exercise it, and to grow as a person, giving is the exercise. You can't really enjoy anything without sharing it.

That is salvation. To give of love inside. To keep love of life, no matter what, and give to others. Generously.