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Body Quotes

The body says what words sometimes can't.

This collection treats the body as both instrument and message - an athlete's offseason training routine, a dancer describing movement itself as their true voice, and the simple relief of letting the body soften rather than staying tense. See related lines in Body Language Quotes.

For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does...

Quotes by Abraham Verghese

My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.

Quotes by Abraham Verghese

I had zero connection to Bollywood or movies when I started out. I worked in theatre for eight years where luckily Makarand Deshpande mentored me, helped me to improve my body language and voice modulation.

Quotes by Abhimanyu Singh

As professional soccer players, we take our bodies to the extreme. We're the people at the gym that look like we're breaking the machines. Pushing our bodies to the limits is what makes us so strong and capable and Olympians....

Quotes by Abby Wambach

Your heart can only take you so far - sometimes the physical body tells you otherwise.

Quotes by Abby Wambach

I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.

Quotes by Abbie Cornish

Let's just say, if I weren't a model, I'd be a walking collage. I see my body as a blank canvas that's aching to be decorated; I find it all very fascinating.

Quotes by Abbey Lee Kershaw

I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.

Quotes by Aaron Sorkin

I didn't start working out until college. But in college I could feel my body changing, and I knew that if I didn't make some changes, I was going to go in the wrong direction.

Quotes by Aaron Schock

I used to be able to eat and drink whatever I wanted. But now, when I'm in a suit and tie all the time, sitting and being driven, you can just feel your body.

Quotes by Aaron Schock

Everybody eats a little differently, but the more where you are aware of what you put in your body and how it affects your performance, the better opportunities you have. And that's what I'm trying to do.

Quotes by Aaron Rodgers

I have a short time to play this game. I'm trying to get every ounce of it out of my body.

Quotes by Aaron Judge

We discovered a mechanism which is like the garbage machine of the body. We need to remove damaged proteins and create new ones in their place, and we discovered the machine that does this.

Quotes by Aaron Ciechanover

Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms.

Quotes by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

You have to trust your body to take care of you.

Quotes by A. J. Langer

I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.

Quotes by A. J. Jacobs

I saturate freshly washed hair with thickening spray (R+Co). Then, using a Denman/styler brush and my Parlux, I brush and blow-dry the hair all over my head, in every direction, until it's 80 percent dry. This gives atomic body and...

Quotes by Zoe Foster Blake

Whether you need technology in your body for medical reasons, or just want it to augment your senses or for experimentation, there are numerous fronts that open-source advocates are working on to make implantable technology safer, cheaper, and available to...

Quotes by Zoe Quinn

It only makes sense that as our society becomes more and more integrated with technology, we'll start to see more cyborgs, grinders, biohackers - whatever you want to call us - thriving at the intersection of tech and body modification.

Quotes by Zoe Quinn

In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice.

Quotes by Zoe Saldana

Frequently Asked Questions

What different relationships with 'the body' appear in these quotes?
They range from off-season training to get the body ready for competition, to a ballerina's idea that the body itself is a dancer's voice, to consciously letting the body soften and relax, to using the gym to release endorphins on a rough day.
Is there a quote about off-season training?
Yes. One speaker says they "really like to train," describing the offseason as time spent "getting my body right and getting ready for the next year." For more, see Bodily quotes.
Is there a quote about the body as a dancer's voice?
Yes - one speaker, describing ballet, says, "Our voice is the body and the movement quality," since ballerinas don't use their literal voices on stage. For more, see Body Language quotes.
Is there a quote about deliberately relaxing the body?
Yes. One speaker says, "I've let my body soften. I've let it relax." For more, see Body Image quotes.
Is there a quote about using exercise to cope with a rough day?
Yes - one speaker says that on a rough day they "take it out in the gym," which "releases so many endorphins in your body." For more, see Bodies quotes.

There's also a nod to exercise as an emotional outlet on genuinely hard days. Continue with Bodies Quotes or Body Image Quotes.