Top 87 Philanthropist Quotes & Sayings

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

George Clooney is a wonderful philanthropist. But I've heard regular people say, "Would he just shut up and be hot?"

I've blown myself up as a revolutionary and conscious artist. As a philanthropist and a performer.

You can invest in companies, you can help grow companies, you can be a venture capitalist - and be a philanthropist at the same time.

I am an actress, a producer, a philanthropist, a wife, and above all a mommy to my beautiful babies, Leonardo and Valentino.

It's hard to be a good philanthropist in China.

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.

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

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.

If every young person pursued their greatest passion and then said, 'What part of this can be applied to social good?' You don't have to choose between being successful and being a philanthropist.

Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a Frank Gehry building. I want to enjoy my philanthropy.

You can't be no philanthropist, no Warren Buffett, unless you make something first.

The philanthropist, the politician, and the pimp are inevitably found in alliance because they have the same motives, they seek the same ends, to exist for, through, and by others.

It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the U.S., 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.

As a philanthropist, I try to help people take ownership. Everything I've done is rooted in the notion that every human being is born equally capable. What people lack is equal opportunity.

... we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

I aspire to be like Paul Newman. He was a man's man, a lady's man, and the epitome of a philanthropist.

The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

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

A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen.

'Reach for a (cigarette) instead of a sweet' - ...advertising slogan..(of) Albert Lasker, (with) Mary Lasker, health philanthropist, and originator of the Lasker Awards, an American version of the Nobel Prize. ...and Memorial Sloan Kettering trustees.

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

I'd make Jack Benny look like a philanthropist.

The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist.

I really want to be a philanthropist.

I'm not a good philanthropist yet; I'm not as good as I'd like to be... I believe very hard in luck. It's all chance; therefore, any privilege you have is chaos.

Apart from acting and singing, there is a philanthropist inside me who craves to do something for the needy and less fortunate.

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

I grew up in a very high-achieving family. I have a brother who's a Harvard-educated cardiothoracic surgeon. My other brother is a two-time Olympian, fifth-round draft pick for the Philadelphia Eagles, and an entrepreneur and philanthropist.

To consider yourself an environmentalist and still eat meat is like saying you're a philanthropist who doesn't give to charity.

My undergraduate studies at Brown and graduate degrees from Harvard prepared me for a multifaceted career as an actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.

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.

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

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.

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

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

I certainly think Halle Berry's a wonderful role model. She's a terrific stepmother and has shown that in so many beautiful ways and has made such enormous strides for women culturally and such great successes as an actress and philanthropist.

Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.

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.

If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am: I'm a genuine philanthropist--all other kinds are sham. Each little fault of temper and each social defect In my erring fellow creatures, I endeavor to correct.

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.

As a philanthropist, I fund a lot of NGOs.

I want to be remembered as the biggest philanthropist in Turkey.

My goal is to work diligently to become the top philanthropist in the world.

I am not giving so much of my wealth that I should feel that I am a philanthropist.

As a philanthropist, I give away a lot of money every year. Yet I thought there was a higher leverage to come in and create movies and TV shows that were actually able to do some good in the world.

People not only want to support public schools, but people warm to this idea of being a philanthropist, even if they might have only have $5 to spare.

Every philanthropist has a soft corner for one issue. For me it is health, because my father was a doctor.

When there is money, there is also greed. Everyone wants to talk to you when there is money. Only if you have the passion for it, you must become a philanthropist, else it'll become a headache.

A man is called a traitor, or liberator. A rich man is a thief or philanthropist. Is one a crusader or ruthless invader? It's all in which label is able to persist.

Personally, I've always been a philanthropist. I've always given away turkeys and did gift giveaways.

I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night.

The first time I remember our being socially in the same place was after we graduated and [author, investment counselor, philanthropist, and fellow 1950s Yalie] Peter Wolf had a party at his house in the Hamptons.

I hate the term 'philanthropist.'

I would love to have had much more money so that I could be a philanthropist.

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.

To be a philanthropist, you don't have to be Nelson Mandela. You just have to look around you and ask, 'What little bit can I do? Whose life can I touch?'

If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed in line the philanthropist might travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, and be constantly in sight of green mounds.