TATTOO QUOTES
quotations about tattoos
Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
Answers.com
Tattoos exude pain and pleasure all at the same time.
CHESTER BENNINGTON
linkinpark.com
Getting a tattoo should hurt. It's a rite of passage.
JENNA JAMESON
Esquire, August 2008
A tattoo is an affirmation: that this body is yours to have and to enjoy while you're here. Nobody else can control what you do with it.
DON ED HARDY
attributed, Prison Tattoos
Wear your heart on your skin in this life.
SYLVIA PLATH
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts
Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it.
MICHELLE DELIO
Tattoo: The Exotic Art of Skin Decoration
Tattoos fulfill a need to inscribe the self as an individual.
MARGO DEMELLO
Bodies of Inscription
The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos.
ANONYMOUS
Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
BIBLE
Leviticus 19:28
Tattoos ... are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.
CHARLES DE LINT
The Mystery of Grace
I got a tattoo about four years ago.... Tired of being thought safe and boring, I am now slightly shocking.... Men look at me differently. They think I might have hidden depths of naughtiness (I don't). That I might be bold and fun-loving and devil-may-care, willing to take risks, and go to Glastonbury and not worry about having nowhere to charge my Philips toothbrush.
LIZ JONES
Daily Mail, June 18, 2017
The tattoo attracts and also repels precisely because it is different.
MARGO DEMELLO
Bodies of Inscription
Tattoos made my skin more "me."
MELISSA MAXWELL
attributed, It All Changed in an Instant
Tattoos are like stories -- they're symbolic of the important moments in your life.
PAMELA ANDERSON
attributed, 101 Reasons the '90s Ruled: Ten Years of Living La Vida Loca
Getting ink felt right, like it would help her put her life in order, to move forwards. It was her body, despite the things that'd been done to it, and she wanted to claim it, to own it, to prove that to herself. She knew it wasn't magic, but the idea of writing her own identity felt like the closest she could get to reclaiming her life. Sometimes there's power in the act; sometimes there's strength in words. She wanted to find an image that represented those things she was feeling, to etch it on her skin as tangible proof of her decision to change.
MELISSA MARR
Ink Exchange
My tattoo is that I don't have a tattoo.
MICHAEL J. FOX
Esquire, December 2007
Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good.
JOSEPHINE FULLER
"What It Feels Like To Get A Tattoo + 15 Great Starter Tattoo Ideas For Your First Time", Your Tango, June 22, 2018
Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate.
ANONYMOUS
I always look for a woman who has a tattoo. I see a woman with a tattoo, and I'm thinking, okay, here's a gal who's capable of making a decision she'll regret in the future.
RICHARD JENI
attributed, The Little Book of Humorous Quotes
Tattoos have a power and magic all their own. They decorate the body but they also enhance the soul.
MICHELLE DELIO
Tattoo: The Exotic Art of Skin Decoration