George Foreman Quotes

When I ask people to give, I can't be on television if they don't; I can't help people, if I don't - I mean, it takes 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.

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.

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

Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the funds. Without funds, all the planning and research studies can't help us.

There is a place and a time for philanthropy, and there is only so much money you can give away.

I don't think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack.

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

If we get the donations, I think we're going to raise a significant amount of money; some will be used for some administered costs, but the public portion of that will go directly into grants.

Every moment of free time is eaten up by fundraising.

Raising money, like sausage-making, ain't pretty to see, and it would be just criminally naive to rely on the big hearts of big donors.

I will give away at least half my wealth during my lifetime and after my death. In the meantime, I'll continue to grow my wealth as much as possible so that the amount I bequeath to charities and worthy causes can be as substantial as possible.

A lot of people don't know the USOC is not government funded and they are always looking for support from sponsors.

I quickly discovered that scientists go where the funding is, so I knew I had to start a research foundation. If you don't raise money and provide research grants, you'll never attract scientists, and if scientists aren't working on a cure, there isn't going to be a cure.

I don't have more money. I won't have more money than any of the candidates, even the Republican candidates. We know that already. But we are building this campaign team like I would build a business. And that is, we are building it so far with no debt.

Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.

I think that people who make a lot of money - and I do - should certainly give a considerable amount of it away.

I'm going to give away a lot more than half my money. I'd be happy to give that to the government if the government put together programs that were like I'm giving away to charity, in which I believe the money is effectively used to help people.

You give the money where you want it.

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.

Your team has to understand that coming into the ABA, you have to have your investments right and sponsorships and people ready to give you money so they can back you up.

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

Fundraising is very, very time-consuming.

A lot of people can raise money.

Money is like manure: if you don't spread it around, nothing grows.