Montel Williams Quotes

We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money.

When I ask people to give, I can't be on television if they don't; I can't help people, if I don't - I mean, it takes money.

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

I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.

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

Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.

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.

One of my dreams in life is to do fund-raising for the youth.

I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.

A lot of people can raise money.

When people make donations to non profits, they want to know that their money goes to good use.

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.

The Wellcome Trust is a hugely important organisation, and it is vital that its fundraising continues unabated.

Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful people die. Peddling pity brings in the bucks, yo.

Every moment of free time is eaten up by fundraising.

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'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.

Pence is a fan of fundraising and does enjoy doing it.

Charity fundraising galas have always been a wonderful way to support a myriad of causes.

The amount of work that a for-profit has to do to get real money is minimal compared to the amount of work it takes a non-profit to get even a very small grant.

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.

I launched Chefs for Humanity, a national nonprofit, with my voice, heart and money from my own pocket. Money gives you the ability to make a difference in the world and, when used in a positive way, is a lot of fun.

I don't know if people understand that there are different ways to raise money for great causes.

It's appalling how much money raised at some charity events gets wasted on paying personnel and admin staff.

We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.