Those no-sooner-have-I-touched-the-pillow people are past my comprehension. There is something bovine about them.

The hand descended. Nearer and nearer it came. It touched the ends of his upstanding hair. He shrank down under it. It followed down after him, pressing more closely against him. Shrinking, almost shivering. He still managed to hold himself together. It was a torment, this hand that touched him and violated his instinct. He could not forget in a day all the evil that had been wrought him at the hands of men.

Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous conscientiousness of honor. It is not the produce of riches only, but of the hard earnings of labor and poverty. It is drawn even from the bitterness of want and misery. Not a beggar passes, or perishes in the streets, whose mite is not in that mass

Every surface I touched was sticky; the cutlery, tables, trays and chairs clung to us like lonely drunks

I am recognized a lot for ‘Master of None.’ It seems like that show really touched a cultural nerve in a good way.

She slept beneath a tree — Remembered but by me. I touched her Cradle mute — She recognized the foot — And stirred her purple wings — But little evidence to show She lived among the things —

To come into camp and have my defensive coordinator say you won’t be touched, I feel like a kid all over again.

The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.

The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they provide the moral impulse which alone can lead to that peace, in the true meaning of the word, for which we all long. . . . There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves.

The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile

Every form of happiness is private. Our greatest moments are personal, self-motivated, not to be touched”

When we are touched by a song, it is because the artist cannot hide himself.

When we are touched by a song, it is because the artist cannot hide himself.

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

When certain parts of our bodies are touched, certain enzymes and chemicals that trigger sexual desire are released into our system. The more our bodies are stimulated, the more chemicals are released and the greater our sexual desire grows until it becomes a virtually unstoppable flood.

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth

I make music the majority of the time. There can be moments in my life when I may think of taking a break and returning to music. Although it is difficult to explain, you require a break and return to it again. It is like you need to do something to appreciate it again.

I hope the millions of people I’ve touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and perseverance with a positive attitude.

This character so unbelievably, implausibly good and yet so real, he is surely more worthy of compassion than the ‘diligent benefactress’ in the provinces who so touched Sainte-Beuve.