A Fundraiser Quotes

#1. Anybody who is running a marathon or doing a walkathon, doing a fundraiser for their school, their company, by far it's guaranteed the easiest and most fun way to quickly set up a fundraising campaign and send it around to your friends and family.

Edward Norton

#2. Mitt Romney had a fundraiser in Israel with a bunch of diamond merchants, we don't know the names of them.

Bob Beckel

#3. You want to know who owns America? A few at the top. And they've got one thing on their mind. No change. Look at Obama, all that hope and promise. No change. He went to Wall Street, had a fundraiser - $35,800 a ticket - and you know who the host was? Goldman friggin' Sachs.

Buddy Roemer

#4. Donors want to meet famous people, and getting a high profile draw for a fundraiser is one way to boost both the crowd and the cash. It's why the president and the vice president are always in demand. These folks are in demand because people around the country want to meet them.

Carl Forti

#5. Barack Obama said today that politics has become too gummed up by money and influence ... and then he had to leave to attend a fundraiser.

Jay Leno

#6. A lot of charities spend a million dollars on a fundraiser to make $15,000. It's a social swirl. They do some great stuff and then - it's called mission drift. It becomes more about the parties.

Sam Simon

#7. The 'Great Walk to Beijing' was a fundraiser for my cancer center. It was a three-week trek with fellow cancer 'thrivers,' including celebrities ranging from Joan Rivers to Leeza Gibbons and Olympians.

Olivia Newton-John

#8. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen attended a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in New York City this week. Hillary told them, 'Good luck with the reboot of your '90s show.' And they said, 'Thanks. Good luck with yours.'

Jimmy Fallon

#9. To Jewish audiences, worshiping a crucified man was blasphemy; it was about as kosher as pork sausages wrapped in bacon served to Jews for a jihad fundraiser.

Anonymous

#10. The poetics of politics had to be observed.

Tom Clancy

#11. only three ingredients are needed to be a successful fundraiser: Hard work, hard work, and hard work.

Jerold Panas

#12. You think Jesus ever tried to talk God out of some of that stuff? 'Instead of that whole crucifixion, how about we do a big fundraiser!'

Jim Gaffigan

#13. I hold a little fundraiser every day. Its called going to work.

Stephen Colbert

#14. Mitt Romney speaking to a $50,000-a-plate Republican fundraiser says he doesn't have to worry about the 47 per cent of Americans who don't pay tax. He was not counting on the smart phone recording his speech and then posting it on YouTube.

Malcolm Turnbull

#15. I will tell you privately it's not going to get better, it's going to get worse all the time, but don't fret. Remember, we play the ball where it lies, and now let's not talk about this, ever again.

Bobby Jones

#16. Q. Can I form a multi-member IRA/LLC between my Roth IRA and my Traditional IRA? A. Yes, this is possible. The ownership between the accounts will be set based on dollars invested, and the IRA/LLC will need to file a partnership tax return annually since it will have more than one owner.

Mat Sorensen

#17. When you're young and desperate to hold on to a place in the team you do whatever is asked of you.

Peter Storey

#18. Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd
Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind.

John Milton

#19. I'm staring at this girl who I know would break me if I loved her but I can't help it.

Brad Land

#20. Only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks.

Rigoberta Menchu

#21. In 1980, a well-meaning fundraiser came to see me and said, "Miss Graham, the most powerful thing you have going for you to raise money is your respectability." I wanted to spit. Respectable! Show me any artist who wants to be respectable.

Martha Graham

#22. The Pakistan fundraiser was thoroughly inspiring - the event was able to amass 2.3 million smiles for the school

Dave Eggers

#23. The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.

Maureen Murphy

#24. Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

Charlie Trotter

#25. She was as lovely sleeping as she was dripping in sensuality at the fundraiser

Kailin Gow

#26. It takes but a moment to fall in love; it takes a lifetime to forget it.

Debasish Mridha

#27. I would still be singing, because it's part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up. Find something you would do for free.

Al Jarreau

#28. My Bible tells me that if we train a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not turn from it. I think faith and guidance can help fortify a young woman's sense of self, a young man's sense of responsibility, and a sense of reverence all young people for the act of sexual intimacy.

Barack Obama

#29. I have a cotillion event. Some yacht-club charity fundraiser thingy. Whitney is insisting, and Kit took her side." Three wide smiles. "Oh shut up.

Kathy Reichs

#30. But believing in God and having a relationship with Him were two different things.

Karen Kingsbury

#31. In other words, Foxx represented what Sarah Palin (speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Greensboro three weeks before the election) called "the real America," by which she did not mean fallow farms and disability checks and crack.

George Packer

#32. There was an embarrassing moment at a recent Democratic fundraiser. When John Kerry was handed a $10 million dollar check, he said, 'I do.'

Craig Kilborn