best quotations about
Nudity |
and Being naked
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Quotations
Truth is too naked. It does not stimulate men. — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 16 likes | |
The nakedness of woman is the work of God. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 14 likes | |
I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring. — Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor 13 likes | |
To be really medieval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 8 likes | |
What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No.5, of course. — Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress 8 likes | |
You can think clearly only with your clothes on. — Margaret Atwood, 1939 -, Canadian writer 5 likes | |
Put thy shimmy on, Lady Chatterley! — D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer 3 likes | |
You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face. | |
A naked body is the only extension of the imaginary line that unites us with the unknown. | |
Men are born naked and live clothed, as they are born independent and live under laws. | |
We no longer think of the face of the woman whose naked body we see. | |
The nude of contemporary art is a hydrotherapy nude. | |
I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman feels closest to being naked when she is well-dressed. | |
We hate the truth out of prudery, because it is naked. — Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist | |
Civilization: a scheme to hide nakedness. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist | |
Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other's sight, but in their own. |
Bible Quotes
Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. — Old Testament ‐ Genesis 2:25 11 likes |
Funny Quotes
If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked? — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 11 likes | |
It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on. — Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress 9 likes | |
One day as I came home early from work, I saw a guy jogging naked. I said to the guy, “Hey buddy, why are you doing that?” He said, “Because you came home early.” — Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian 8 likes | |
My wife was afraid of the dark... then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light. — Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian 7 likes | |
When I go to a nude beach, I always take a ruler, just in case I have to prove something. — Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian 4 likes | |
I’m the only topless octogenarian in Washington. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 1884-1980, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt 2 likes |
Ancient Greek
We all came naked and we shall depart naked. Γυμνοί ήλθομεν οι πάντες, γυμνοί και απελευσόμεθα. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 10 likes |
Proverbs
The truth can walk around naked; the lie has to be clothed. 28 likes |