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Donor Quotes

These donor quotes cover two very different kinds of giving: the medical reality of kidney and bone marrow donation, and the larger scale of donor countries funding humanitarian and reconstruction aid. Both point to the same idea, that finding the right match or the right contribution genuinely changes outcomes.

These donor quotes move from kidney and marrow donation to Government aid, showing how one match or one contribution can change lives.

I call on all the countries of the world, especially the donor countries, to speed up their contributions so that the Palestinian people may overcome their economic and social problems and proceed with reconstruction and the rebuilding of infrastructures.

Quotes by Yasser Arafat

Living with a single kidney is almost exactly like living with two; the remaining kidney expands to take up the slack. (When kidneys fail, they generally fail together; barring trauma or cancer, there's not much advantage to a backup.) The...

Quotes by Virginia Postrel

What makes Mr. Trump my choice for president is he will break the grip of the donor class on our government and make it accountable to working families again.

Quotes by Sarah Huckabee Sanders

My husband and I adopted our children through a private agency, Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children. As a nonprofit organization, it relies on client fees as well as donor support to do its work.

Quotes by Rumaan Alam

Government Quotes

In the world of traditional economics, it shouldn't matter whether you use an opt-in or opt-out system. So long as the costs of registering as a donor or a nondonor are low, the results should be similar. But many findings...

Quotes by Richard Thaler

There can be legal conflicts over whether registering intent is enough to qualify you as an organ donor or whether a doctor must still ask your family's permission.

Quotes by Richard Thaler

Signing up to be an organ donor should be at least as easy as downloading a song to your iPhone.

Quotes by Richard Thaler

Every year, nearly two-thirds of the approximately 200,000 patients in need of a bone marrow transplant will not find a marrow donor that matches within their families.

Quotes by Nathan Deal

Further, Japan is the second largest donor in Iraq after the United States, with over $5 billion dollars for humanitarian, infrastructure and reconstruction projects.

Quotes by Mike Simpson

Like Quotes

I remember, when I was in college, an anonymous donor gave Stanford students a year of 'Yahoo Music Engine'.

Quotes by Mike Krieger

The only truly anonymous donor is the guy who knocks up your daughter.

Quotes by Lenny Bruce

As a child, I had no interest in science whatsoever - then I started writing and recognized how relevant it was. My first book about science and medicine captured the world of organ transplantation in 1989 from the points of...

Quotes by Lee Gutkind

Believe it or not, there are members of Congress who actually want to govern and get stuff done. Unfortunately, there are others whose agendas and strategies serve to advance their own interests and expand their donor base.

Quotes by Jon Runyan

At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The $25 and $50 donor is not looking for special favors. He or she is simply expecting...

Quotes by John Sarbanes

Money Quotes

A lot of Ivy League schools have presidents who are very politically active. And I don't think it has an impact on whether a student chooses a school or a donor gives to a school.

Quotes by Jerry Falwell, Jr.

Getting Richard Norris his new face wasn't easy. For starters, doctors needed a donor who wasn't just a favorable blood match but also had the proper skeletal features and skin color - they calculated only a 14 percent chance they'd...

Quotes by Jeanne Marie Laskas

When one donor can account for more than 70 percent of a candidate's money, there's obviously something wrong with the system.

Quotes by Jason Kander

If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a tremendous concentration of donor interest in countries that are seen as particularly fragile - but it becomes harder...

Quotes by Helen Clark

I don't know a single conservative donor who is not fervently trying to improve urban schools or provide scholarships in order to liberate pupils from that educational wasteland.

Quotes by Heather Mac Donald

Name Quotes

Aggregate aid is to the Ethiopian economy what Obama's fiscal stimulus was to the American economy: minus these injections, both economies would suffer catastrophically. The theatrical blustering of the Ethiopian government notwithstanding, donor countries have a make-or-break power over the...

Quotes by Eskinder Nega

Frequently Asked Questions

How does kidney donation affect a living donor's health?
One quote notes that living with a single kidney is almost like living with two, since the remaining kidney expands to take up the slack after donation.
Why are donor countries important internationally?
One quote calls on donor countries to speed up contributions so people facing economic and social hardship can move forward with recovery efforts.
How hard is it to find a matching bone marrow donor?
One quote states that nearly two-thirds of the roughly 200,000 patients needing a bone marrow transplant each year will not find a matching donor within their own family.
Can one country be a major donor to another's rebuilding effort?
Yes. One quote notes a country contributing over five billion dollars toward humanitarian, infrastructure, and reconstruction projects as a major donor nation.
What other quotes pair well with donor quotes?
Try our Government quotes collection for more on public contributions and aid.

Related reading: Money quotes on funding causes, and Like quotes on finding a true match.