Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920Quotes
I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.
—Elizabeth I, 1588The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935The enlightened man says: I am body entirely and nothing beside.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1883To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1949All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1978Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.
—Willem de Kooning, 1949I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
—Phyllis Diller, 1981To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.
—George Eliot, 1872There is only one antidote to mental suffering and that is physical pain.
—Karl Marx, 1860My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.
—W.H. Auden, c. 1967Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
—Kate Moss, 2009If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.
—Dolly Parton, 2003