Tatoo Quotes There is no perfect beauty that hath not strangeness in the proportion.~Sir Francis Bacon - London, 1639Tattoos aren't meant for everybody and they're too goddamn good for some people.~Lyle Tuttle, tattoo artist, author, and lecturer.Tattoo the pristine fleshWhat is permanent anyway?This ink only lasts 'til the grave,Skin and ideas decomposeThat which we did compose.~Corri AliusYour body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate?~Author UnknownTattoos tell stories of crime and passion, punishment and regret. They express an outlaw, antiauthoritarian point of view and communicate a romantic solidarity among society's outcasts.~DOUGLAS KENT HALL, Prison TattoosThe perfect tattoo... the one I believe we are all struggling toward... is the one that turned the jackass into a zebra.~Raven, CliffMy body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist.~Johnny DeppTattooing is often a magical rite in the more traditional cultures, and the tattooist is respected as a priest or shaman."~Michelle Delio, Tattoo: The Exotic Art of Skin Decoration, p. 73Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful.~Pamela AndersonLove the life you live, don't live the life you love. -"Chicago"The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.~James Cook, 1779May I be forever grateful that at times, I did not receive that which I truly deserved.It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.~Herman Melville - Moby-DickTattoos can denote the transition from childhood to young adulthood. It can denote the transition to reproductive availability or the transition from adolescent to warrior.~ANTHONY NAPOLEONTo many people dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.~John Mason BrownWhat's funny is my husband doesn't have any tattoos at all, so he must be the very conservative one.~Ashley ScottReason #7 For Not Getting a Tattoo: People will know you are running your own life, instead of listening to them!~Sailor Jerry Collins, tattoo artist{ http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/ }Whenever missionaries encountered tattooing they eradicated it.~Gilbert, SteveEverybody wants to see the pictures, and yet nobody wants to see them.~Ray Bradbury - The Illustrated ManI have this huge lion tattoo embossed on my arm. I was a little worried as to how we would cover it up. But my makeup man covered the tattoo with makeup. It took close to two hours.~Sanjay DuttNot one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. ~Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 1871I think I have enough tattoos for now. If I get any others, I'll probably do my kids initials.~Niki TaylorYou think it, I ink it.~Saying of tattooistsShow me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.~Jack LondonPain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.Usually all my tattoos came at good times. A tattoo is something permanent when you've made a self-discovery, or something you've come to a conclusion about.~Angelina Jolie – 2003Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos - they're rebellious.~Jennifer AnistonTattoo. What a loaded word it is, rife with associations to goons, goofs, bikers, tribal warriors, carnival artists, drunken sailors and floozies.~Jon Anderson, "Epidermal Dalis," Chicago Tribune, 6 October 1994Tattooing 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 DecorationGood tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good.~Unknown, AuthorThe world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos.~Author UnknownYour necklace may break, the fau tree may burst, but my tattooing is indestructible. It is an everlasting gem that you will take into your grave. ~Verse from a traditional tattoo artist's song, as quoted on pbs.org, "Skin Stories: The Art and Culture of Polynesian Tattoo," 2003Tattoos aren't meant for everybody and they're too goddamn good for some people.~Lyle Tuttle, tattoo artist, author, and lecturer.I dropped my pants in a tattoo parlor in Amsterdam. I woke up in a waterbed with this funky-looking dragon with a blue tongue on my hip. I realized I made a mistake, so a few months later I got a cross to cover it. When my pants hang low, it looks like I'm wearing a dagger!~Angelina JolieFor westerners, the tattoo has always been a metaphor of difference.~DeMello, MargoWomen, don't get a tattoo. That butterfly looks great on your breast when you're twenty or thirty, but when you get to seventy, it stretches into a condor.~Billy ElmerThe tattoo attracts and also repels precisely because it is different.~Margo DeMelloI 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 JeniOnce our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish~John MaxwellToday, people with tattoos, body piercings, and brands are everywhere. They are shown in advertisements, on television shows, and in magazine and newspaper photographs. Even a glamorous toy icon, Barbie, comes with temporary tattoos.~KATHLYN GAY, Body MarksSonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos.~Chuck ZitoSometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage.~Drew BarrymoreA tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.~V. Vale and Andrea Juno, Modern PrimitivesTattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye.~Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn)It will be an honour to represent my country and get all the kit, stay in the Olympic village, and, when I'm old enough, get a tattoo with the Olympic rings. ~Tom DaleyMy tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years.~Ashley ScottGiving birth was easier than having a tattoo.~Nicole AppletonA 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 HardyWith the Haidas, however, every mark has its meaning...~James Swan, Tattoo Marks of the Haida, 1878.The one in the movie is not real, but my Casper tattoo is real, and it is my only one.~Casper Van DienA man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods.~Iban ProverbI want to get a tattoo of myself on my entire body, only 2" taller.~Stephen WrightA tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is alwaysmore than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.~V. Vale and Andrea Juno, Modern PrimitivesA tattoo isn't something you put on or take off just like sunglasses. 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