Stephen Colbert Quotes

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

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

A lot of people can raise money.

I know about raising money.

If you're on Banking or the Finance Committee, you don't even have to open your mouth. They'll throw money at you over the transom.

My wealth doesn't come from offerings alone.

I am good at raising money.

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.

I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money.

One of my favorite things - and I am sure everybody else's in this Chamber - is to give away money. You really don't get much opposition when you give away money.

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

Dear PAC Pardner: There's not much money left under my mattress, and I need to start building my corral for the next roundup, so I need your help in rustling up some pesos.

When you are making an independent film, money is never an issue.

Don't use your advance to buy an antique sports car, diamonds by the yard, or a bottle of wine from Thomas Jefferson's cellar instead of investing in your book.

I became convinced that there was greater satisfaction from giving my money away and seeing something come out of the ground, like a hospital or a university.

Money is a very fundamental ingredient in anyone starting up a new business.

I'll treat myself every now and then. Like if I get $100,000, I'll spend $20,000 and put the rest away.

At the end of the day, it's all about money.

That's wonderful. And what did you do with the money?

I don't talk about money.

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

Managing university finances is very tricky business. We're nonprofits. We're not supposed to accumulate large surpluses.

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

One of the problems with a candidate like Bob Kennedy, and his brother before him, was that people assumed they didn't need contributions.

Even those among us who are lucky enough to love our jobs would have to admit that at least part of the reason we work is to earn money. In between all this work, we like to eat out at restaurants, go on trips, buy nice things, not to mention pay rent and meet the cost of living.