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Flabby Quotes

Blunt, funny, and occasionally sharp takes on a soft midsection.

Some of these flabby quotes are self-deprecating, like a parent joking that four kids later, buttoning pants takes actual engineering, or fitness advice naming the chest, hips, and waist as common trouble spots.

Happy is the novelist who manages to preserve an actual love letter that he received when he was young within a work of fiction, embedded in it like a clean bullet in flabby flesh and quite secure there, among spurious...

Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Quotes by Oscar Levant

Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest. Maybe your chest is flabby or your hips or waist need toning. Also, you should change your program every thirty days. That's the key.

Quotes by Jack LaLanne

I tell myself that after four children my belly is already so stretched and flabby that I have to do origami to get my pants buttoned. One more pregnancy and I'd be doomed to elastic waists for the rest of...

Quotes by Ayelet Waldman

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It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Quotes by Alan Jay Lerner

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a postpartum body quote in this flabby collection?
Yes, one parent jokes that after four children their belly is so stretched and flabby that buttoning pants now takes real engineering.
What fitness advice mentions flabby areas of the body?
One quote names the chest, hips, and waist as common trouble spots, encouraging people to focus on strength and flexibility rather than just appearance.
Does 'flabby' ever describe something other than a body in these quotes?
Yes, one line uses a flabby exterior as a metaphor for someone hiding a serious lack of character underneath a soft surface.
Is there a literary quote comparing flabby flesh to something valuable?
Yes, one describes preserving a treasured old love letter within a novel like a clean bullet embedded in flabby flesh, an unusual but vivid image.
Are these flabby quotes mostly serious or humorous?
They're a mix - some are self-deprecating and funny about body image, while others use flabby more seriously as a metaphor for hidden character or change.

Others use flabby as a metaphor rather than a body description, suggesting a soft exterior can hide either a hidden literary treasure or a serious lack of character. Either way, real change gets described as something more than skin deep.