Andrew Gillum Quotes

A lot of people can raise money.

I know about raising money.

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

We were constantly appealing for funds from readers when I edited 'The Black Dwarf' in 1968-69.

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

I am good at raising money.

When I was a 25-year-old kid, I raised $260,000 for my first show, 'The Pajama Game,' in such a homemade, pathetic, endearing way - a buck here, a buck there.

My wealth is very limited. I need to influence other people to give.

I get, like, 50 emails a day from kids being like, 'I want to go on this trip around the world. How do I get a sponsor?'

Asking people for money is really different than asking people for their support.

Clubs shouldn't be counting on an owner just as a benefactor.

I've done my fair share of fundraising over the years, and I know how difficult that can be, so I could only imagine people's reaction when I was asking them to part with their hard-earned cash for a movie.

Kickstarter is perfect for us. It wasn't something we heard about and just got to it. We did our research, met with the people at Kickstarter - they are brilliant, and they're excited to work with us.

No one was jumping up and saying, 'Yeah, let me give you money.' I had never held a camera in my hand - a home video camera, nothing. I had not directed.

Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.

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

The big hurdle is going out and raising the revenue. There's no doubt about that; it's an uphill battle.

In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.

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

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.

Whether you're raising money for a cause, a personal need, or a project, most crowdfunding sites center on you hitting up people you already know. These sites make it easier to tap your social network for funds, but only the most compelling cases inspire support from strangers.

I gotta admit, when you've been doing this a long time, going out to the audience and asking for them to help out with crowdfunding, it's a gut check. You never know how that's gonna turn out. Luckily for us, it turned out well.

I'm just raising money. Dead presidents are my relatives.

When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.

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