Your 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
Tattoo parties: just like a regular party – but with a permanent hangover. – Rob Ruckus, Bad Ink, “Tat’s Ink-redible!” original airdate 2014 February 2
Tattoos are walking artwork. – Tattoo Saying
The perfect tattoo… the one I believe we are all struggling toward… is the one that turned the jackass into a zebra. – Cliff Raven
My 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 Depp
The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation. – James Cook, 1779
Not 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, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol.II, Ch
When the designs are chosen with care, tattoos have a power and magic all their own. They decorate the body but they also enhance the soul. – Michelle Delio
And what is it, thought I, after all! It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin. – Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos — they’re rebellious. – Jennifer Aniston
Louie brought his new girlfriend over, and the nicest thing I can say about her is all her tattoos are spelled correctly. – Robert Harling, Steel Magnolias
