Body Quotes

12166 Body quotes by 5620 unique authors

Whether we know it or not, we transmit the presence of everyone we have ever known, as though by being in each other's presence we… — Natalie Goldberg
It makes one hope and believe that a day will come when, in the eye of the law, literary property will be as sacred as… — Mark Twain
Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest. — William Shakespeare
I am from Britain and think it is right that as a woman I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it… — Emma Watson
If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose. — Julius Erving
In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or… — Paul von Hindenburg
Being shelled is the main work of an infantry soldier, which no one talks about. Everyone has his own way of going about it. In… — Louis Simpson
The storm lashes us, out of the confusion of grey and yellow the hail of splinters whips forth the childlike cries of the wounded, and… — Erich Maria Remarque
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man… — Samuel Ullman
Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women's bodies. — Andrea Dworkin
When women can support themselves, have entry to all the trades and professions, with a house of their own over their heads and a bank… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Everything in this country [the US] has got to be good looks and unlined faces and thin bodies and people running around in skirts slit… — Lauren Bacall
Civilize the mind but make savage the body. — Mao Zedong
The undisturbed mind is like the calm body water reflecting the brilliance of the moon. Empty the mind and you will realize the undisturbed mind. — Unknown Author
It was in the air, or so it seemed to Kiki, this hatred of women and their bodies- it seeped in with every draught in… — Zadie Smith
In true love it is the soul that envelops the body. — Friedrich Nietzsche
When I see the migrant workers broken bodies and eyes without hope, I want to embrace and wipe away their fears. It makes me angry… — Irene Fernandez
The brute animals have all the same sensations of pain as human beings, and consequently endure as much pain when their body is hurt; but… — Thomas Chalmers
I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace,… — William Shakespeare
There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of bodies, of body on body, wind on snow, rain… — Derrick Jensen
I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where… — Karen Duffy
I know well enough that there have been dogs so loving that they have thrown themselves into the same grave with the dead bodies of… — Miguel de Cervantes
Man himself cannot express love and humility by external signs, so plainly as does a dog, when with drooping ears, hanging lips, flexuous body, and… — Charles Darwin
This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it. Some days you don't want… — Natalie Goldberg
After the first miscarriage, I tried to take the attitude that it was my body's way of telling me that this pregnancy wasn't meant to… — Christie Brinkley

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