Quotes About Community

Go out there and see where the world needs your touch. That kind of meaning not only makes you feel more connected to your environment on a local scale, but also to yourself - whether you can operate from something beyond the definition that others might place on you.

It was very important for me to touch on things that haven't changed, like schools. I'm in Cleveland, Ohio. My lady's from Ohio, and the schools are being torn down, and they turned them into high-rise condos.

People come to the Fountain Theatre because they've got hearts that are working and they've got heads that are working. They use the Fountain Theatre because it puts them in touch with the world that they're living in.

People move from place to place and job to job, but they no longer need to lose touch.

Our actions - and inaction - touch people we may never know and never meet across the globe.

Our songs touch people, and take them back to a time when there was no threat of terrorism, when you didn't have to lock your doors and when Mom and Dad took care of everything.

As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.

I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people, lick people, enjoy each other's company and smell each other on the rump.

As athletes, it's our responsibility to help. It's easy for us to go out and affect people's lives in so many different ways. We don't even know how much we can touch people and change the direction of somebody's future.

As young black boys in Alief, Texas, my friends and I often spent afternoons imagining ourselves scoring the game-winning touchdown at the end of the Super Bowl.

The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.

I believe that you live on inside the hearts and minds of everyone you've touched while you were here on earth.

All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.

People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.

Thinking that we have touched ARMY members is something I would like to applaud ourselves for.

I try to be positive, and from 'Individual'... which was an angry record. I got a lot of mail from people pouring out their feelings, saying that they could really relate to certain topics that I touched upon. When I read that, it lets know that there are people out there that are people out there who are going through the same things.

When I get to meet my audience when I go speak at colleges or when I'm walking down the street, it's been really eye-opening how many people have been touched to see someone that looks like them on television.

To be able to walk down the street and have people stop you, not just because they recognize you, but because you somehow personally touched them, it's amazing.

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

Each man seeks his own interest, not the general interest. Let his own selfish interests be touched, and all concord is at an end.

In his brief 21 years on this earth, Michael Smith Jr. touched countless lives.

I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.

I've always had not just an affection but a real love for the theater family in New York, and I really feel it is a family. I'm so touched by the generosity of everyone there.

I've stood up in front of America for 25 years, and I wish I could bring everybody into my home that I have touched in my career. That would be an amazing thing.