A Quote by Billy Squier

I support a lot of causes, but I do it privately. My profession shouldn't be a platform.

Billy Squier

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Billy Squier
American - Musician
Born: May 12, 1950

I'm very active in pushing for net neutrality and an open Internet. There are countless other causes I support personally and privately, but I try to keep my public activism fairly focused.

Damian Kulash

I'm always impressed by how compassionate the gaming community can be when they have a cause and appreciate that they leverage our platform to raise money for those in need. We continue to encourage giving in support of important causes, including Extra Life 2012.

Emmett Shear

I said I support anyone's right to run for public office and will support those people who support positions that's in the Republican platform.

Scott Garrett

My clinical psychologist wife of 40 years has always had a close intellectual influence on me. When I was beginning to talk openly in the economics profession about irrationality in decision-making, I received a lot of criticism. Ginny would support my views and remind me that a whole other profession - psychology - studies people's irrational sides.

Robert J. Shiller

I'm a very philanthropically oriented individual. There are a lot of causes that I support, and I'm a big fan of advocacy.

Brandon Victor Dixon

India has no shortage of deserving causes or good leaders; there is only short supply of activists and people who are willing to support their causes.

Sucheta Dalal

I support anyone who supports what's in the Republican platform, which includes support for traditional marriage.

Scott Garrett

Philanthropy is all about making a positive difference in the world by devoting your resources and your time to causes you believe in. In my case, I like to support causes where "a lot of good comes from a little bit of good," or, in other words, where the positive social returns vastly exceed the amount of time and money invested.

Jeffrey Skoll

I'm blessed to have the platform I have, and I'm going to spread the word. There's a lot of great causes, but I don't know anything that hits you harder than a child being sick. It's not fair; they don't deserve it. I'm ready to know what I can do to help.

Cole Swindell

I am privileged to have the kind of platform I do and the kind of support I do. A lot of women in this country don't have that.

Roshni Nadar

Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.

Little Richard

We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that fact causes you despair . . . pick another profession. Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities . . . We have to create our own standards of discipline.

Anna Deavere Smith

I've always tried to lend my support to worth while causes, and I feel you should use your celebrity to help with worldwide causes and help them gain exposure.

Warren Moon

We could not have launched Causes without Facebook Platform, providing real identity and real friends. Facebook Platform was created so that experiences that are inherently social in our off-line lives could be brought online as an authentic expression of who we are; Facebook did this best in revolutionizing photo sharing.

Joe Green

As a woman, I feel it's important to support causes that are important to my core customer, who is also a woman, as well as causes that resonate with me personally.