Naked Quotes

• The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

  Ann Landers

  Positive, Witty, Truth

  Ann Landers (1996). “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!: Advice, Wisdom, and Uncommon Good Sense”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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• Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

  William Blake

  Beauty, Art, Creative

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.364, Pearson Education

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• Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Falling In Love, Love You, Soul

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• Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  Quoted in More Maxims of Mark, ed. Merle Johnson (1927)

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• I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.

  Josephine Baker

  Witty, Clothes

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• We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

  Mother Teresa

  Motivational, Wise, Peace

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• Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.

  Dorothy Allison

  Two, Three, World

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• Stand naked in front of the mirror and say, 'I'm f–king sexy.' That's where it starts.

  Rita Ora

  Sexy, Kings, Mirrors

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• Naked is the best disguise.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Disguise

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• We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Real, Atmosphere, Skins

  Man and Superman (1903) act 1

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• The naked female body is treated so weirdly in society. It's like people are constantly begging to see it, but once they do, someone's a hoe.

  Lena Horne

  Attitude, Women, Hypocrite

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• I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.

  Red Cloud

  Love, Life, Peace

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• You don't have to be naked to be sexy.

  Nicole Kidman

  Tattoo, Sexy, Fashion

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

  Steve Jobs

  Change, Positive, Happiness

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress.

  John Berger

  Beauty, Dresses, Nudity

  "Ways of Seeing". Book by John Berger, 1972.

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• Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

  C. S. Lewis

  Friendship, Personality, Catholic

  C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.161, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If I had a great body, I'd be naked all the time.

  Claire Forlani

  Body, Ifs

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• Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.

  Navjot Singh Sidhu

  Men, Shirts, Offers

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• They say a lot of women would like to see me naked, but there's not a lens long enough for that.

  Andy Garcia

  Long, Lenses, Nudity

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages.

  Auguste Rodin

  Beauty, Men, People

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• A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.

  Coco Chanel

  Fashion, Well Dressed, Couture

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• Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.

  Rosalind Russell

  Motivational, Theatre, Acting

  "Life is a Banquet". Book by Rosalind Russell, 1977.

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• I'm glad I am a woman who once danced naked in the Mediterranean Sea at midnight.

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Sea, Midnight, Glad

  Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• Naked and pure is the spirit that transcends the existence mediocre.

  John Wilbanks

  Spirit, Existence, Mediocre

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• Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.

  John Updike

  Beauty, Revolutionary, Rebellious

  John Updike (2013). “Hugging the Shore: Essays and Criticism”, p.77, Random House

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