Bill de Blasio Quotes

I definitely only want to do charity work that I'm hands-on involved in. I don't want to get a dress on and go to a stupid event.

Public service and community organizing and movement building is such a part of my DNA that it's really hard to separate it.

I've always been an activist, so my participation in community outreach and helping is just a natural extension of that.

When you choose to give up your time and resources to participate in community work, that's what makes a leader.

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.

I'm very, very involved in charities involving youth.

My goal as a citizen is to do what I can to help the causes that I personally believe in.

I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way.

I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.

I'm sure I'll be doing something of social or political worth the rest of my life.

I spent ridiculous amounts of time as an activist and volunteer and was a teacher for 20 years.

For me the march was a labor - a labor of love - but I was busy handing out flyers for the National Association of Black Social Workers, so I really wasn't standing in the crowd listening and observing. I was busy.

I read upon the subject and grew more and more interested, and after a time I became a member of the National Board, and had duties and responsibilities that kept me busy after my day's work was done.

My husband, Andrew Shue, is the co-founder of Do Something, and we both speak and present at awards ceremonies. It's absolutely amazing and humbling to see all the work so many young people are contributing to better their communities on both a local and global front.

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

I've long wanted to find a charitable cause to really get involved with and be passionate about. I get invited to a lot of charity events to sing, and I am happy to help and bring a source of entertainment, but I'm sort of disconnected from them.

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

After my touring life, I'd love to be more involved with charity. It gives me a lot of fulfillment, you know? I would love to get people who are into my music more active in charity work. In the future, when I have more time, I'd love to do spend more time on that.

Meeting people who want to start a charity, help out their families, or raise money for a good cause has been really fun.

To get involved with a cause, you really have to become aware of it. You have to go on the ground and see with your own eyes, the people who have been affected by it, their process in how they're combating it, and what the organization represents.

But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.

I am a charity campaigner.

I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.

There are a lot of ways to serve and only one is being president.