Touch Quotes

There is no genius who hasn't a touch of insanity. (Aristotle)
There is no great genius without some touch of madness. View quote
Seneca
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. View quote
Plato
Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure. View quote
George Carlin
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. View quote
Leo Buscaglia
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails. View quote
Clarence Darrow
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. View quote
Charles Dickens
An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men. View quote
Charles Darwin
We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There's no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either. View quote
Steve Ballmer
I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run. View quote
Babe Ruth
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. (E. F. Schumacher)
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself. View quote
Johann Sebastian Bach
Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. View quote
William Ewart Gladstone
Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter. View quote
Charles Lindbergh
When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move. View quote
Bryan Ferry
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. View quote
Lily Tomlin
I touch the future. I teach. View quote
Christa McAuliffe
For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? View quote
Bell hooks
I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God. View quote
Mother Teresa
You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn. View quote
John Buchan
I never can understand how anyone can not smoke - it deprives a man of the best part of life ... with a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him - literally. (Thomas Mann)
Living in age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch. View quote
J. B. Priestley
If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him. View quote
Denis Diderot
Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream, Gently, - as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream! View quote
Bryan Procter
It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression. View quote
Henri Matisse