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The fact that you are giving money to charity does not mean that you need not try to find out whether that charity is a fraud or not. -- C. S. Lewis
Importantly, I still give money to homeless people - and all other charities. -- Gerry Harvey
I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it. -- Bob Woodward
My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice. -- Manoj Bhargava
URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages. -- Ziggy Marley
A survey carried out across the U.S. between 2004 and 2006 showed that frequent church- or synagogue-goers are more likely to give money to charity. -- Jonathan Sacks
A lot of people are happy to give money to charities but are wary of giving through taxes because they feel it doesn't produce any value. -- Leila Janah
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money. -- Davy Crockett
I own about 300 pairs of shoes. When I start to go over 300, I have mini-sales from my closet and give the money to charity. It's my way of recycling; I feel like I can give back to the universe. -- Stacy London
I'm going to give away a lot more than half my money. I'd be happy to give that to the government if the government put together programs that were like I'm giving away to charity, in which I believe the money is effectively used to help people. -- Ray Dalio
Charities are now working to give people in poor countries access to the Internet. But shouldn't we spend that money on providing health clinics and safe water? Aren't these things more relevant? I have no intention of downplaying the importance of the Internet, but its impact has been exaggerated. -- Ha-Joon Chang
I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy. -- Curtis Joseph
In the rest of the world, rich people will give a donation, and businessmen give to charities. But in Mexico, the execution capacity of what we call the social sector is missing. I find it much more effective to set up the actual social organisation and then fund it with my money. -- Ricardo Salinas Pliego
It's not that I am against the rich giving money to charities. I'm all for it, and we should think of ways of encouraging more of it. But I also believe that states, rather than individuals, are ultimately a better bet for delivering a fair and just world and reconciling differing interests. -- Noreena Hertz
Being charitable provides a boost to your psyche that is tough to replicate in any other way. But note that although any charity will happily take your money, you can give in other ways and still reap the same happiness reward. Volunteering and donating your old or unused belongings have the same result. -- Jean Chatzky
The biggest thing for me with charity is awareness. Obviously as an athlete, I have an opportunity to make people more aware. The average person doesn't have that opportunity, so the best way is to spare some money, clothing, food - something. Most of us have a little excess of something that we can give. -- Landon Donovan
My kids aren't celebrities. They never made that bargain. We were offered a lot of money to sell pictures of our kids when they were born. You'll notice there aren't any. I make no judgment about people who decide differently; a lot of them give the money to charity. For me, it was a matter of principle. -- Ben Affleck
At least once a year, I meet with a group called the Giving Pledge. It's a group of billionaires - including me, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Ted Turner - who have pledged to give away most of their money to charity. We meet for three days to talk about what we're doing to help make the planet a better place to live. -- John Paul DeJoria
If I give five flops, I won't get a job. You have to perform at the box office when you are at the top. No one is running a charity here. People are putting huge amounts of money to make movies, and they want the films to be successful. They have invested money in you, so it is your duty to make sure the film does well. -- Abhishek Bachchan
[R]eal charity doesn't mean giving away someone else's money. -- Doug Bandow
The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him -- Voltaire
The wealthier I get, the more money I will have to not have, because my goal in getting is giving, and nothing is better than charity. -- Jarod Kintz

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