Michael Bloomberg Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Organization, Giving, Inspire

• Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. We set aside six percent. We educate the doctors, and then don't give 'em a green card.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Country, Thinking, Doctors

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. August 1, 2010.

• The estate taxes, on balance, are good. They get people to give money to charity, and they prevent these family dynasties which keep other people from having opportunities. It may be good for a family, but for society it's probably not good. And I've always been in favor of having an estate tax.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Opportunity, People, Giving

  "Global Public Square" with Fareed Zakaria, globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.

• Nobody wants a job where they don't have authority to go along with the responsibility. Quite the contrary. The more authority you give people, the better people you can attract, and the harder they're going to work, and the more loyal they are going to be.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Jobs, Responsibility, People

  Interview with Fareed Zakaria, globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.

• Yes, they broke the law, but we can't deport them. Let's get over this pointing fingers and do something about that, whether it - they have to pay a fine, learn to speak English, the history, you can do that. And then you have to give visas for the skills we need.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Law, Speak English, Skills

  "Meet The Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. August 1, 2010.

• You've got to give people a fair chance of saying what they believe, and then you've got to decide, "Do you believe 'em?"

  Michael Bloomberg

  Believe, People, Giving

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

• For sure I would prefer Trump had not withdrawn from the Paris Agreement. But the fight against climate change is really done at the local level - whether it's cities, local governments or the private sector, corporate and individual. No matter what Trump says, nobody is going to go back and take the scrubber out or change back to polluting. The damage that Trump can do is if there are countries that are on the fence about whether they want to address the issue, this gives the naysayers, the doubters, those that don't want to do anything, a little more ammunition.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Country, Fighting, Giving

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• What you've got to do is be honest. Say what you believe. Give it to them straight. Just don't wuss out.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Believe, Giving, Honest

• I cannot for the life of me understand why the American market keeps going up. Our economy has some real challenges. The infrastructure's falling apart. We're destroying jobs with technology. We are keeping the best and the brightest from around the world from coming to America to create new jobs and create new businesses. All of those things would give you pause to worry about the future.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Real, Fall, Technology

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• Most people won't have opportunity to do full-time service, but those lucky enough to have monetary wealth or some spare time really can make an enormous difference. As someone who's now in the public sector, and is seeing up-close-and-personal the real impact of what we do and what we give, I can tell you: every dollar and every volunteer help, in more ways than you can count.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Real, Opportunity, Differences

  Michael Bloomberg's Slate 60 Dinner Keynote Address At William J. Clinton Presidential Library In Little Rock, Arkansas, www1.nyc.gov. November 12, 2006.

• When you go to Washington now, you can feel a sense of fear in the air - the fear to do anything, or say anything, that might affect the polls, or give the other side an advantage, or offend a special interest.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Air, Giving, Special

  Michael Bloomberg's Opening Address at Ceasefire Bridging the Political Divide Conference, annenberg.usc.edu. June 20, 2007.

• The problem of dealing with the financial industry is being addressed today. You can measure it with interest rates coming down. You can measure it with the quantity of loans, and that sort of thing. The problem is, that nobody wants to take the loans. Once the banks are willing to give it, that's only half the problem.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Giving, Half, Want

  "Global Public Square" with Fareed Zakaria, globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.

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