Charitable Contribution Quotes

Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.

I was thrilled to support the Teenage Cancer Trust while celebrating the music of The Who - a band that changed my life.

I was announcing to the public, in 2006, that I'd be leaving Microsoft in a couple of years and focusing full-time on the foundation. That was the time at which we went back to New York and Warren [Buffett] announced these gifts to a number of foundations, with a very high percentage of it going to us and basically doubling our capacity.

What a tremendous act of generosity on the part of the donors who made this possible and what a tremendous opportunity for all these children in Kalamazoo public schools who can now go to college and chase their dreams.

I am aware of what the position is in the United States of America. If somebody gives to charity, then he gets a tax incentive, provided the charity is registered in terms of the law.

I am the donation to the foundation.

We always work for money but when you do something for The Banyan, you feel so good.

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that he will donate $45 billion of his wealth to philanthropy. Two years ago, my husband and I decided to endow $100 million to set up the SOHO China Scholars. This program will give financial aid to Chinese students so they can attend the best universities in the world.

Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.

A gift to mankind; the next Elizabeth Taylor in the making

If I ever get out of here, thought of giving it all away to a registered charity.

I think I may have been the only person to be rewarded charitably and get a tax deduction for swearing on film!

There's the classic charitable contribution, which we receive thousands, and we're extremely grateful and they often come with notes from people, which are very heartwarming, about how much difference our products have made in their life on the Internet.

A charity ball is like a dance except it's tax deductible.

You know, that man has a spirit, that each man and woman is unique, that we have duty to promote our unalienable rights and to protect them, that we have a duty to our families and ourselves, to take care of ourselves, to contribute to charity, that we have a duty to support a just and righteous law that is stable and predictable.

Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better.

Never think you need to apologize for asking someone to give to a worthy cause, any more than as though you were giving him or her an opportunity to participate in a high-grade investment. The duty of giving is as much his or hers as is the duty of asking yours.