The rape of a child is a violent act of contempt, not an expression of sexuality or affection.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

I am a man and all that affects mankind concerns me.

The rigidity of a bottle's form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains.

“Deal with your past so that it won't affect your future.”

In this world, when no dualities affect one, when nothing affects him, and he attains the awareness of ‘I am absolute Supreme Soul (Parmatma)’; one’s well-being [spiritual work] is done.

“We don't know with clarity how it will affect the church. Our biggest concern is how it would affect the 10.3 million undocumented immigrants, including 1.6 million undocumented children living in this country.”

“Andy has a focus on improving as an overall athlete. He has focused on improving the technical aspects that will affect his performance in the pool. Andy has had to use the clock to push himself. I compliment him on this difficult task for a long season.”

“I'm not confident about a recovery, I've never said I'm confident about a recovery because he is so generally ill and so can be affected so easily by any infection, any setback, ... But he is better than he was yesterday.”

“We did a full review of each student affected. We wanted to be fair. Some had been admitted, some weren't, but the score change didn't affect any decision admissions had made.”