Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Shawcross

Charities should not become the junior partner in the welfare state; whether or not they provide services funded by Government or, indeed, receive grants from Government, they must remain independent and focused on their mission.

William Shawcross

Most Muslim charities are run by good people.

June 1st is hurricane season. Private charities have got to do a better job and a faster job.

Donald E. Graham

I won't sell any Facebook shares as long as I'm on the board. When I leave, all my Facebook shares will be donated to two or three D.C. education-related charities I've supported over the years. Thus, a small portion of Facebook's success will be shared with low income students in Washington.

Ruth Rendell

I have a soft spot for charities that help children.

What donors need to do is go to the charity's Web site and see how they say they are going to use the money and if they have a question, call. Usually they'll be happy to establish a relationship with you so you know what the charity is using the money for and if it's being used the way you want them to. That way everyone will be happy, and charities want that because they want happy donors who will continue giving.

John Griffith

We are fully persuaded that payroll giving is the easiest, most tax-efficient way for employees to give to charity. The cost to individuals is less and the charities receive more.

Tim Finchem

What tournaments want to do, typically, is support charities in their community that need the money and charities that are impactful to their community. The better the job the tournament does for the charities, the better they are able to sell the tournament and raise money for the charity.

Mainly, I have actually been getting involved with an organization called MALDEF. It's a Latino organization. And I would like to get involved with charities that have to do with children or homelessness or education, or all of them together.

There is a lot more needed to get these people back up on their feet. We had concern with charities overdoing it in 9/11.

We're excited about that, because we want to keep expanding this tournament and helping as many charities as we can.

Kat Graham

I've always been involved with charities and things like that, but when I started communicating with the fans and hearing their stories about the lives they lead, it really made an impact on me.

Leila Janah

A lot of people are happy to give money to charities but are wary of giving through taxes because they feel it doesn't produce any value.

Just go down the list of local charities we have here, and we support them all.

Fran Drescher

I was always loving, involved with charities and family, and I had a rich life before. Now, I have a purpose. I got sick maybe for this reason.

William Walker

Our officer checked with the charities they claimed to work for, and they had not heard of the suspects.

Evan Bayh

But there are charities there, there are individuals there from which money does flow to organizations and groups that we have a lot of concern about, and we need greater cooperation in terms of cracking down on those groups,

Key characteristics of the file advocates that it will work extremely well for a whole host of goods and services, including mail order, health-related products, fashion and household catalogues, health insurance, travel, charities and any prize/sweepstake-led offers.

I worry for small local charities that don't have the large fund-raising machinery in place.

Laura San Giacomo

I am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.

Robert Reich

I'm all in favor of supporting fancy museums and elite schools, but face it: These aren't really charities as most people understand the term.

Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.

Ali Lohan

My grandfather worked with charities his whole entire life, and we grew up living with him. He always told me about the other side of the world and everything that's going on.

William Wordsworth

The primal duties shine aloft, like stars;The charities that soothe, and heal, and blessAre scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.

All of us give to charities and regard them highly, so if they are tainted in any way, then it hurts... so the verdict will be good for them too.

Anthony Holden

But, of course, she didn't mean that she was going to retire from public life and only when the Queen removed her HRH some years later did she actually drop a hundred charities and just kept five.

Jane Seymour

I spend as much time as I possibly can doing things for other people, if I can. If I see a need and I feel that I can help, I do it. I work a great deal in terms of charities and things.

You have a number of churches and charities involved with a number of road trips for Mr. Blackwell, all of which seem to be aimed at gaining him visibility for his political campaign.

With government funding being cut back, charities are being hard-pressed to turn away money that's legal. We don't get into why people give money.

Geoff Mulgan

People don't want charities to usurp the state as the core provider of social services.

After working with a charity, I plan to work with many charities now in the future.

Michael Brown

And while my heart goes out to people on fixed incomes, it is primarily a state and local responsibility. And in my opinion, it's the responsibility of faith-based organizations, of churches and charities and others, to help those people.

Biomedical research is only as good as its delivery. Distribution of medicines by charities is no more than a stopgap.