Women's Bodies Quotes

• I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.

  Elayne Boosler

  Funny, Inspiring, Women

  30 Copy quote

• For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a commercial, idealized feminine image that our real and diverse female bodies can't possibly fit. Without these visual references, each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms. We stop being comparatives. We begin to be unique.

  Gloria Steinem

  Real, Unique, Feminist

  70 Copy quote

• Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.

  Gloria Steinem

  Inspiring, Body, Demand

  Gloria Steinem (1986). “Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions”, New Amer Library

  77 Copy quote

  Show source

• I wrote "Bootylicious" because, at the time, I’d gained some weight and the pressure that people put you under, the pressure to be thin, is unbelievable. I was just 18 and you shouldn’t be thinking about that. You should be thinking about building up your character and having fun and the song was just telling everyone just forget what people are saying. You’re bootylicious. That’s all. It’s a celebration of curves and a celebration of women’s bodies.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Inspiring, Beauty, Confidence

  "What Famous Women Say About Being Flawed, Insecure, and Loving It" by Daniella Whyte, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 9, 2016.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.

  Margaret Sanger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  44 Copy quote

• The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs.

  Christina Aguilera

  Beauty, Beautiful, Wish

  78 Copy quote

• Girls of all kinds can be beautiful - from the thin, plus-sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain-skinned; the quirky, clumsy, shy, outgoing and all in between. It's not easy though because many people still put beauty into a confining, narrow box...Think outside of the box...Pledge that you will look in the mirror and find the unique beauty in you.

  Tyra Banks

  Inspiring, Beauty, Beautiful

  130 Copy quote

• I'm never going to starve myself for a part. I don't want little girls to be like, 'Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner.' That's something I was really conscious of during training, when you're trying to get your body to look exactly right. I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong-not thin and underfed.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Life, Inspiring, Girl

  "Jennifer Lawrence Weight: Actress Says In Hollywood She’s Obese", www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2012.

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• The naked women's body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.

  William Blake

  Eye, Men, Creative

  41 Copy quote

• The most beautiful curve on a woman’s body is her smile.

  Bob Marley

  Beautiful, Curves, Body

  833 Copy quote

• Every time you hear anyone talk about the Caribbean, whether it's Caribbeans themselves or people outside, there's always talk about women's bodies. Talk about this voluptuousness, this kind of stereotype of what a Caribbean person is. And I think these are stereotypes that even people inside the culture, we actually sometimes claim them and we're very proud.

  Junot Diaz

  Thinking, People, Culture

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I am a witch, by which I mean that I am somebody who believes that the earth is sacred, and that women and women's bodies are one expression of that sacred being.

  Starhawk

  Believe, Mean, Expression

  "Womanspirit Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion". Book by Carol P. Christ and Judith Plaskow, 1979.

  33 Copy quote

  Show source

• I love the Italian culture, it's a beautiful culture. I love the language, the Italian people, their music, their attitudes... I just love it! Sometimes, I think I'm an Italian trapped in a Spanish woman's body.

  Penelope Cruz

  Beautiful, Attitude, Italian

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• It meant something to me – the idea of a coat guarding and hiding a woman’s body. For me, a woman who is absorbed in her work, who does not care about gaining one’s favor, strong yet subtle at the same time, is essentially more seductive. The more she hides and abandons her femininity, the more it emerges from the very heart of her existence.

  Yohji Yamamoto

  Strong, Heart, Ideas

  92 Copy quote

• I always keep a woman's body in mind, accentuating her best features.

  Rachel Roy

  Mind, Body, Women's Bodies

  4 Copy quote

• A woman's body image is absolutely paramount to her health.

  Christiane Northrup

  Body, Body Image, Women's Bodies

  Source: www.drfranklipman.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• A woman’s beauty lies, not in any exaggeration of the specialized zones, nor in any general harmony that could be worked out by means of the sectio aurea or a similar aesthetic superstition; but in the arabesque of the spine. The curve by which the back modulates into the buttocks. It is here that grace sits and rides a woman’s body.

  John Updike

  Lying, Mean, Curves

  Laurie G. Kirszner, John Updike (1998). “A and P”, Heinle & Heinle Pub

  24 Copy quote

  Show source

• The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our man's or woman's body, is the pattern of all the process of our life.

  Havelock Ellis

  Sexy, Men, Texture

  "The New Spirit". Book by Havelock Ellis, 1890.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works.

  Liz Phair

  People, Attention, Body

  4 Copy quote

• Don't have children: they deform women's bodies and turn into an enemy 20 years later.

  Marquis de Sade

  Sex, Children, Years

  22 Copy quote

• Yeah, I'm a geek. I read sci-fi and I watch sci-fi films. I love my computer and I love to fix it. I'm a total nerd. I literally am a 12-year-old geeky boy trapped in a 32-year-old woman's body.

  Amber Benson

  Boys, Years, Nerd

  5 Copy quote

• I'm a gay man trapped in a woman's body!

  Madonna Ciccone

  Gay, Men, Body

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• The more aware a man is of a woman's body, the better. He needs to know he has to tend to a woman. She might not always return the favor, but a man always has to tend to a woman first.

  Rachel Bilson

  Men, Needs, Body

  4 Copy quote

• The Eternal Being, who knows everything and who created the whole universe, became not only a man but (before that) a baby, and before that a fetus in a woman's body.

  C. S. Lewis

  Faith, Baby, Inspiration

  C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.

  Zac Posen

  Inspiring, Fashion, Journey

  6 Copy quote