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Skinny Quotes

Candid takes on being naturally thin and how it shaped self-image.

This collection gathers honest reflections on being skinny, from genetics and eating habits to the social awkwardness it sometimes caused growing up. A few lines push back on outdated ideas about nutrition and body type. Continue with our Being collection.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Fence
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Nov 07, 2020

Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable.

Quotes by James Wolcott

How
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm not a sex symbol. How could I be with these skinny bowlegs?

Quotes by Jaclyn Smith

Nov 07, 2020

I want to bulk up. I'm a skinny guy.

Quotes by Ian Somerhalder

Nov 07, 2020

When I returned to Armenia after four months in Brazil, I was still quite skinny and weak, but I had technique and skill.

Quotes by Henrikh Mkhitaryan

High
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Nov 07, 2020

I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.

Quotes by Grace Jones

More
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Nov 07, 2020

I guess I like more of the skinny jeans. I'm not very fond of all the stretch, so I try to avoid too much stretch fabric.

Quotes by Freja Beha Erichsen

Nov 07, 2020

I've been told to be skinny before - it's already happened, but it's up to you to either listen or say no. I'm not listening.

Quotes by Florence Pugh

Want
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Nov 07, 2020

I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?

Quotes by Ewan McGregor

Important
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Nov 07, 2020

It's important to be fit, but you shouldn't get too skinny. You need to have curves.

Quotes by Erin Heatherton

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

I was a little, skinny, runt kid, and I decided that bowling was what I was going to do in life.

Quotes by Don Johnson

Myself
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm lucky I'm tall and skinny, and I got to model to put myself through college.

Quotes by Diana Silvers

Jeans
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Nov 07, 2020

I myself identify as a recovering Blockhead. You'd be surprised how many twenty- and thirty-something hipster chicks have the NKOTB skeleton in their closet, albeit artfully concealed by stacks of Ksubi skinny jeans and ironic Judas Priest T-shirts.

Quotes by Diablo Cody

Hate
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Nov 07, 2020

I was always such a skinny kid, so I kind of grew up with an 'I hate skinny' mentality.

Quotes by Daniela Ruah

Think
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Nov 07, 2020

I think the labels 'Plus Size' and 'Curvy' should be banned. You don't say 'White model' or Skinny model.' Why should 'Plus Size' models have a label.

Quotes by Daisy Lowe

Fashion
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Nov 07, 2020

Everybody knows that, in general, a basketball player needs to be tall and a fashion model needs to be skinny, but how skinny is too skinny?

Quotes by Coco Rocha

Back
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Nov 07, 2020

I got the nickname T-Rex when I was 11 years old. Back when I was younger, I was very skinny and I had short arms, but I used to always be swinging.

Quotes by Claressa Shields

Cool
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Nov 07, 2020

I was not a good-lookin' girl. I was extremely skinny. I wasn't pretty. I wasn't cool.

Quotes by Celine Dion

Myself
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Nov 07, 2020

I worked really hard, and I surpassed myself... I didn't have, visually, what it took. I was not pretty, I had teeth problems, and I was very skinny. I didn't fit the mold.

Quotes by Celine Dion

Never
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Nov 07, 2020

I never thought I'd make the pages of 'Sports Illustrated', because I've always been skinny.

Quotes by Carolyn Murphy

Nov 07, 2020

I didn't want to get skinny, just strong.

Quotes by Caroline Flack

Being naturally thin isn't always simple, and these quotes show both the confidence and the insecurity that can come with it. Pair this page with our Always and Cute collections.

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