Colin Jost Quotes

I have nothing but love in my heart and everything I say is just an instrument for laughs.

My dad would always say, 'What can you do to make the world a better place?' Well, I can make people laugh.

I love making people laugh and by the way I still do that with the charitable efforts on my part because I believe that people need to laugh.

I like being able to donate my comedy to charity. I'm not a billionaire, and I can't write checks.

We all, as individuals, can and should act compassionately and charitably. We can volunteer our time, energy, and dollars to help the underprivileged. We can feed the hungry, house the homeless. Most of us feel a moral and ethical responsibility to do so - to 'do unto others.'

Everyone has needs, but Food for the Hungry is something that people can grasp onto as a practical way to step outside of themselves, take a risk, and give.

I think that if you start teaching about giving back and helping other people young, that will be a given for your child their whole life.

I believe you should help people.

I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.

Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

When you give as a family, not only are you sharing the happiness that giving brings you by watching it translate into positive change, but you are also transmitting your giving values to your children by engaging them in the giving process itself.

I feel that I have such an abundance in my life, and once you've seen how many people suffer and how little it takes for you to actually change their lives for the better, it's hard not to do something.

I think often times when people choose to be part of a charity; it's usually because something is very personal.

I think I'd like to be able to heal people's pain, whether it is hunger, loneliness or whatever.

How can you satisfy your hunger while your neighbor is spending the night hungry?

My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.

Giving back is something that comes from the heart to me. It's not that I do it because it's the right thing: I do it because I want do it.

We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.

I am very grateful for the opportunities I've had and feel I have a duty to repay my good fortune through philanthropic endeavors that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

We are not here in this world to find elegant solutions, pregnant with initiative, or to serve the ways and modes of profitable progress. No, we are here to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier, more battered and crippled than ourselves. That is our only certain good and great purpose on earth

I never ask a hungry man about his past. I feed him, not because he’s good, but because he needs food. Help your neighbor, but keep your nose out of his affairs.

I think it's important, as a human being, to help others.

Joy makes us want to invest more deeply in the people around us. It makes us want to learn more about our communities. It makes us want to be able to find ways of being able to make this a better external world for all of us.