Philanthropy Quotes

Sorry, but I cannot take your philanthropy on climate change seriously when you have a massive short position against Tesla, the company doing the most to solve climate change.

If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it.But it must be open source accounting, so the public sees precisely how the money is spent.

I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It's not even close.

In the game of life, when the final buzzer sounds, the only stat you carry with you is the number of assists you made.

In any business, the time to engage in philanthropy is when you are at your best.

I have always looked at business as an opportunity to make a difference in people's lives.

Our ability to give back to society is what matters most.

My most visible goal is to do something in nutrition to children in India, and pregnant mothers. Because that would change the mental and physical health of our population in years to come.

When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look at yourself as being people who have well being and comforts, I think it takes a very insensitive, tough person not to feel they need to do something.

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

To move forward, you have to give back.

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

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

I don't want to be remembered as anything but brave. The only good intention to make money is to help others. I want to be Oprah. I want to be Melinda Gates. If I ever sell products other than my talents, then it will be to give more to others.

Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.

Well-spent aid money is saving lives for a few thousand dollars per life saved.

The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era.

Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

Philanthropy should be voluntary.

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?