Quotes tagged ‘Bodies’

“My body was just bigger. It shouldn’t have made my life that different.”

— Marquisele Mercedes, humanparts.medium.com

“Eilish’s goal isn’t celebration of her body, but rather to ignore it entirely and make her audience focus on her voice.”

— Scaachi Koul, buzzfeednews.com

“This discomfort with strangers is nearly behind me.”

— Shannon Ashley, medium.com

“I won’t exactly look like the Hulk — maybe more like Superman after having a few Chipotle burritos — but it’s possible that I’ll require alterations nonetheless. And as per my contract, if I do, I’ll bear full financial responsibility for them.”

— E.J. Dickson, nytimes.com

“These physiological changes may then lay the groundwork for our brains to start considering our uncomfortable surroundings.”

— Lila Reynolds, popsci.com

“Everything you eat seems to make some disease worse, right? Except, of course, kale.”

— Yvette D'Entremont, theoutline.com

“I still don't know what fashion really is, and maybe that's the point. Maybe what fashion is right now — and what it was before — matter less than what it can be, and we need to be paying attention to the people who are defining that.”

— Amanda Richards, instyle.com

“For women, the baby-making machine is typically first to go.”

— Samantha Lefave, glamour.com

“There’s no doubt: If I wrote down everything that would be better if I lose weight, the list would be as long as the Old Testament. If I wrote down everything that might get worse, it wouldn’t fill up an index card. But this is why people buy insurance—to hedge against unlikely disasters.”

— Tommy Tomlinson, theatlantic.com

“It's hard to be positive about your body; oftentimes, not because you hate yourself in any way, shape or form but because the world hates you.”

— Roxane Gay, the-pool.com

“It costs exactly zero dollars to be kind to new people at your gym who might already be uncomfortable just being there.”

— Maya Kosoff, allure.com

“It’s the day to gather with your family and friends ‘round the hearth, warm beverages and sweet treats at the ready, and have a hearty chortle over the things America stuck inside itself and couldn’t remove without the help of trained medical personnel.”

— Barry Petchesky, adequateman.deadspin.com

“Fatphobia is a great selling point, but what we need to understand is that it’s only that: a selling point.”

— Kaila Prins, everydayfeminism.com

“Jude Ellis: Look, I've been dealing with the feds my whole career. This is how it works. They want a case, they take it. Nestor Rosario: Yeah, but it's like you said, they washed up on our beach, right? Jude Ellis: It's their beach now.”

— Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, Jude Ellis, Steve Zahn, imdb.com

“Jude Ellis: So, I sent my coroner to the hangar, and apparently, your men won't let him in to see the bodies. Then I come here, these guys won't let me down to the beach. Emma Ren: I apologize. I should've given you the heads-up. I can no longer have you and your men on this site. Jude Ellis: You ca…”

— Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, Jude Ellis, Steve Zahn, imdb.com

“Nestor Rosario: Between us, those people...what are they saying? Jude Ellis: Nothing that makes any sense. [heavy sigh] They're storing the bodies in that plane hangar off 81. Tell Ruben to get down there, log prints, record any identifying marks. Nestor Rosario: Sure you don't want the feds handlin…”

— Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, Jude Ellis, Steve Zahn, imdb.com

“To set a fat woman in a place of dominance such as that is to throw away the stereotypical gender balance we’re accustomed to.”

— Gianluca Russo, vice.com

“Rebecca Adler: I just want to die with a little dignity. Dr. Gregory House: There's no such thing! Our bodies break down, sometimes when we're 90, sometimes before we're even born, but it always happens and there's never any dignity in it! I don't care if you can walk, see, wipe your own ass... it's…”

— David Shore, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, imdb.com

“Bodies are for hookers and fat people!”

— Ken Keeler, Bender , Billy West, imdb.com

“It’s as if my body, independent of me or my thoughts, is mourning the loss of the nose; the body is crying because it’s missing one of its own. Or, is it possible that my body is trying to fill the hole in my face, albeit with tearfall?”

— Steve Bean Levy, melmagazine.com