Skeleton Quotes

115 quotes by 101 authors

If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you… — David Foster Wallace
The population at large is neither 'ordinary' or 'normal'. They seem to be bound together by a collective ignorance of themselves and what they are.… — Dennis Nilsen
There is a skeleton in every house. — William Makepeace Thackeray
It is very foolish of a man to be frightened of a skeleton, for Nature has put an insurmountable obstacle against running away from it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Blackened skeleton arms of wood by the wayside pointed upward to the convent, as if the ghosts of former travellers, overwhelmed by the snow, haunted… — Charles Dickens
I myself identify as a recovering Blockhead. You'd be surprised how many twenty- and thirty-something hipster chicks have the NKOTB skeleton in their closet, albeit… — Diablo Cody
After years of buying clothes I intend to diet into, I'll say this: the skeleton in my closet has some really nice outfits. — Robert Breault
I dreamed of becoming a scientist, in general, and a paleontologist, in particular, ever since the Tyrannosaurus skeleton awed and scared me. — Stephen Jay Gould
My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my head, but no fat or skin on it. — Paula Poundstone
The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around… — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
I'm in Stockholm in my office. I just got here after seeing my eighth child on an ultrasound, so I'm in a good mood. It's… — Stellan Skarsgard
There are few gardens that can be left alone. A few years of neglect and only the skeleton of a garden can be traced. .… — Russell Page
I find in the domestic duck that the bones of the wing weigh less and the bones of the leg more, in proportion to the… — Charles Darwin
The cat which isn't let out of the bag often becomes a skeleton in the cupboard. — Geoffrey Madan
There's got to be a backbone, there's got to be a skeleton to the whole way I perform, but you never want to hit the… — Casey Abrams
Word books traditionally focus on unusual and quirky items. They tend to ignore the words that provide the skeleton of the language, without which it… — David Crystal
Johnny Depp is like a brother to me. We have matching tattoos on our backs - Charles Baudelaire, the flowers of evil, this giant skeleton… — Marilyn Manson
I have always used the burqa because men are using the burqa in the name of culture and religion to take freedom from women. Women… — Malina Suliman
In literature and in art, alike, this gloomy fashion of regarding Death has been characteristic of Christianity. Death has been painted as a skeleton grasping… — Annie Besant
Like people, a picture has a skeleton, muscles and skin. — Paul Klee

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101 authors contributed a total of 115 Skeleton Quotes, led by these top contributors: