Skeletons Quotes

171 Skeletons quotes by 145 unique authors

Drawing is the skeleton of what you do and color is its flesh. — Nicolas Poussin
The apparent physical stability of reefs belies an underlying natural turmoil of growth, death and destruction of calcareous organisms. Much like a modern city, reefs… — Jeremy Jackson
The mere mention of the Farakka Express, which jerks its way eastward each day from Delhi to Calcutta, is enough to throw even a seasoned… — Tahir Shah
Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or an arm bone or a… — Donald Johanson
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
She's not dead. You didn't kill her, nor did the hunger birds, although they did their best to get to you through her. She's been… — Neil Gaiman
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
The skeletons of the plants are for me as important as the flowers. — Piet Oudolf
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
[An artist] will sooner and with more certainty, establish the character of skeletons, than the most learned anatomist, whose eye has not been accustomed to… — Rembrandt Peale

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