Jimmy Carr Quotes

Getting people to come play my 'Darius and Friends Show' was so easy because it's for St. Jude, and that's a great thing.

Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation.

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.

A lot of people can raise money.

I know about raising money.

I think we raised about 20,000 pounds. There was a live performance thing so we thought we'd donate the equipment for an online charity in Britain. I hated to part with my guitar, but it was for such a great cause.

Anybody who is running a marathon or doing a walkathon, doing a fundraiser for their school, their company, by far it's guaranteed the easiest and most fun way to quickly set up a fundraising campaign and send it around to your friends and family.

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?'

I write and direct the Duke University Children's Hospital Benefit every year.

Now the Kids Classic is one of the major fund-raisers for Children's Hospital. Since we started seven years ago, we've raised more than $1 million for the hospital.

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

The great thing about 'Stand Up for Cancer' is it doesn't take itself too seriously, this is out there, we're going to help sort it out, and we're going to have a laugh while we do it.

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

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

I am good at raising money.

My challenge is that because I am not self-funding... I'm going out leaning on the generosity of everyday folks.

I have a festival called Shaggy and Friends, which is a charity event to raise funds for a hospital.

There have been so many incredible moments since the start of this organization. One that stands out specifically is when an anonymous businessman triple-matched our donation to Memorial Sloan Kettering after our NYC event.

Last month Mitt Romney raised $76 million. He found it in an old sport-coat pocket.

I did a gig in the U.S. once for the homeless. I said 'It's nice to see so many bums on seats.'

I suppose it is one time when you can really use your name to raise money. And if I am going to use it for anything, what more of a better opportunity (than) to use it here.

Every year the British public are so generous. It is really moving living in Britain. Fundraising is something we do tremendously well.

I only ever met Ronaldinho once, at a charity event in Rio. Once every year, he stages a game and invites different players and personalities to play and raise money for his charity.

The Lily Foundation is an inspiring charity that helps to improve the lives of children with Mitochondrial Disease. I've had first-hand experience of the Foundation's work and I'm proud to raise both awareness and much needed funds to help with the inspiring work they provide to children and their families.

One of these days, when I get tired of it all, I'll keep six guitars and the amps I'm using, and I'll have a big old auction for charity.