With an older generation, there's some weight carried with the Beatles. There's almost like an untouchable, god-like force field around them.
There's no reason why anyone's job should become untouchable for the rest of their life.
It's embarrassing sometimes, the way actors or musicians sometimes get made untouchable.
I never want to be one of those artists who feels untouchable and extraordinary. I have to be genuine.
The beauty of the tea party movement is that it is independent and thus a true check and balance of the Republican and Democrat parties. It's not a pawn of the GOP, thus untouchable in criticism of the Democrats - I view it as an unattached conscience of the Republican party.
Whatever was said about Ralph Ellison, 'Invisible Man' was considered untouchable.
Even tax breaks that are supposed to help the middle class too often skew toward the wealthy. Consider the mortgage interest deduction. While political leaders in both parties have long considered it untouchable, it actually helps those at the top of the income scale far more than those at the bottom.
These days, as I am older and wiser, I realize that there is a danger in becoming an icon, as people can see you as remote and untouchable, and they are less willing to tolerate you doing things that don't fit with their preconceived idea of you.
That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity.
Serbia has become a pariah nation, untouchable like a leper.
