Charities Quotes

People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we put out little funny ideas.

Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.

I don't think I've got the expertise with which to nit-pick, and I freely admit that my motivation to support charities has been emotional, rather than as a result of being particularly well informed as to how the money is used.

I play bad golf for good charities like the LA Police.

Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.

First and foremost it's important that we're able to put something back in the game, which we have always done. We're doing this to help needy charities along with the police forces in different towns and cities.

I'm fully confident that I will win the jackpot - so much so that I've already made a list of all the charities I will contribute to.

Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I've always been a big supporter of many different charities, have donated millions of dollars to them, and it just feels great to do and be able to help others, especially children.

You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities.

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

But I want to start a family one day, and be involved in more charities, helping children.

I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It's a shame.

Michael Sunday and I are the original members of the band. We first did it just for charities and benefit concerts. It was very ad-hoc, and before we knew it, we were really a band. We went through several drummers and guitarists before we were happy with the line up.

I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.

If I can raise more money for charities, or get more Canadian kids to play golf, the green jacket will mean even more.

I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.

Too often in our communities many families have not even been aware that certain charities exist; and at the same time, there are many who are willing to volunteer their energy and their resources to help these charities, yet they do not know these charities even exist.

But there are many, and I'm a supporter of a great deal of charities.

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.

I work with a couple charities called Serving Those Who Serve and Rebuilding Together. Both are supportive of veterans when they come home.

I'm doing a very funny show in which we talk about issues. I speak at Aids charities and things. It's great to do something fun with our days and yet we're told we're doing something important.

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.

All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.

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.

I've teamed up with PetSmart Charities to celebrate the five million homeless pets who've found homes through their in-store adoption centers, and to spread the word about how we can work together to save millions more pets' lives and, ultimately, end pet homelessness.

We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money.

In the meantime, we see there are charities that spend much of their scarce resources that should be going directly to the children to overcome this gulf that separates them from both the donors and the needy.

Shockingly, the Bidens donated under $1,000 to all charities combined every year for the ten years prior to 2008.

I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities.

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