#ouch

It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader. ↗

— Elizabeth George

#novelist #reader #touch

There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#national #such #thing #touched

Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out. ↗

— Natalie Goldberg

#beyond #comes #decide #done #down

We use tools such as email, not just as a way to keep in daily touch with family members who live in other cities, but also as a way to keep in touch with staff and members of the public. ↗

— Tipper Gore

#cities #daily #email #family #family members

I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done.' ↗

— Elliott Gould

#bed #best #bulb #changed #changing

How fantastic that the American ingenuity of NASA scientists got us to Mars. It makes me proud to be an American. I can't get enough of these images from when the probe touched down. These scientists are American heroes. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#down #enough #fantastic #get #got

I lost touch with my son in terms of advice early on. Maybe it had to do with being gone so much, doing location films when he was at an age where he needed support and guidance. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#age #being #doing #early #films

Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched. ↗

— Paul Harris

#been #best #chords #motherhood #sympathy

Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order. ↗

— Robert Jackson

#existing #freedom #heart #limited #matter

It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can. ↗

— Owen Hart

#couch #doing #everything #get #got