Philanthropist Quotes - Page 3

• The philanthropists inquire whether Transcendentalism does not mean sloth: they had as lief hear that their friend is dead, as that he is a Transcendentalist; for then is he paralyzed, and can never do anything for humanity.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Mean, Humanity, Sloth

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2016). “Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson - The transcendentalist”, p.13, Editora Dracaena

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• A pious woman's neighbor, a philanthropist's child, a liberal's servant--these three have a hard life.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Children, Hypocrisy, Hard Life

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• I did do an American pilot, but it wasnt shot in America, it was shot in South Africa. It was called The Philanthropist, and it was for NBC.

  Dominique McElligott

  Nbc, America, Pilots

  "Dominique McElligott HELL ON WHEELS Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 5, 2011.

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• An environmentalist that eats meat is like a philanthropist that won't give money to charities.

  Howard Lyman

  Giving, Meat, Charity

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• I'm right now standing inside Hamilton-Selway Fine Art as an artist, as a philanthropist, as a child of God, and more importantly as a human being.

  Steven Jackson

  Art, Children, Hamilton

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• I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ.

  Che Guevara

  Dictator, Christ, Old Lady

  "Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life". Book by Jon Lee Anderson, 1997.

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• To get your name well enough known that you can run for a public office, some people do it by being great lawyers or philanthropists or business people or work their way up the political ladder. I happened to become known from a different route.

  John Glenn

  Running, Names, Space

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• Being a philanthropist doesn't mean necessarily writing a huge check. It can mean mobilizing your community to start asking questions.

  Kavita Ramdas

  Writing, Mean, Asking Questions

  "A Woman's Work ... / India native Kavita Ramdas spins her privileged background into gold for underprivileged women at S.F.'s Global Fund for Women" by Jonathan Curiel, www.sfgate.com. November 10, 2002.

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• I'm proud of the fact that besides being known as a successful former football player, I've also worked hard to establish myself as a successful businessman, network broadcaster, sports & entertainment executive and philanthropist.

  Warren Moon

  Sports, Football, Successful

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• There is, however, a moral basis for the vegetarian diet for which the indeterminate value of an animal's life takes on irrelevance. And that moral basis is a concern for the environment, a value as absolute as the value we all place on human life, since humanity will not survive for long on a poisoned planet. To be an environmentalist who happens to eat meat is like being a philanthropist who doesn't happen to give to charity.

  Howard Lyman

  Animal, Irrelevance, Vegetarian Diet

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• I'd make Jack Benny look like a philanthropist.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Looks

  Interview with John DeBellis, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2009.

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• My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used to benefit others. I intend to continue that tradition.

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.

  Father, Entrepreneur, Political

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• Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who tired of looking the other way as their communities fell apart.

  Marvin Olasky

  Tired, Organization, Effort

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• I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues.

  Julian Lennon

  Issues, Environmental, Humanitarian

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.

  Lady Gaga

  Artist

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• I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist.

  Anthony Trollope

  Sometimes, Venomous

  Anthony Trollope (2008). “North America”, p.254, Applewood Books

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• There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.'

  Muhammad Yunus

  Expression, Selfishness, Different

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• I've been able to dine with presidents, with leaders of corporations, traveled for 14 years with (financier and philanthropist) Michael Milken, who has taught me so much about life. Hanging around with them, it's nothing I could have believed in grade school. I could be with all of them? Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Dean Martin ... this former third-string pitcher from the Norristown High baseball team and the son of an Italian immigrant? I really am in awe when I think that has happened to me. What a life.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Baseball, Team, School

  "Q&A: Tommy Lasorda talks food, baseball and motivation, as only Mr. Dodger can". Interview with Tom Hoffarth, www.dailynews.com. July 15, 2013.

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• Let us be Christians toward our fellow-whites, as well as philanthropists toward the blacks our fellow-men. In all things, and toward all, we are enjoined to do as we would be done by.

  Herman Melville

  Christian, Men, Would Be

  Herman Melville (2015). “Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War: Works of Melville”, p.201, 谷月社

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• And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the still more foolish philanthropist feebly tries to disarm the just rancour of the criminal classes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Class, Trying, Criminals

  Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (2008). “Oscar Wilde - The Major Works”, p.248, Oxford University Press

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• It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the US, quite a few of the ultra-rich have taken to heart the 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's comment that it's a disgrace to die wealthy.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Taken, Heart, Mean

  "Civil engineering" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. October 24, 2007.

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• The masterpiece should appear as the flower to the painter - perfect in its bud as in its bloom - with no reason to explain its presence - no mission to fulfill - a joy to the artist, a delusion to the philanthropist - a puzzle to the botanist - an accident of sentiment and alliteration to the literary man.

  James Whistler

  Flower, Artist, Men

  James M. Whistler (2012). “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies”, p.100, Courier Corporation

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• Princess Diana was a wonderful, caring philanthropist. She would come sometimes into the church and sit at the back and pray.

  Princess Diana

  Princess, Caring, Church

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• I am a community activist, philanthropist, breast cancer survivor, advocate and founder and board chair of the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund. I am also a parent, grandparent, and a doting pet owner.

  Thelma Jones

  Cancer, Grandparent, Community

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Michael Bealmear is a philanthropist, and he has become interested in the issue of refugees, and he proposed that we do an event in his community, where we could dedicate an entire evening focused on the global refugee crisis, focused primarily on Afghanistan.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Refugee Crisis, Issues, Community

  "Web Exclusive Interview: Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini to Speak on Refugee Crisis at Event in Lafayette". Interview with Pete Crooks, www.diablomag.com. April 2009.

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