"No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?"
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"I do an hour's yoga and go running every day. Then I see a picture of myself and I still look like a skinny, potbellied idiot - and I thought I had turned into this superhunk!"
"Love the skinny model chicks but I prefer the thickness."
"I was a little, skinny, runt kid, and I decided that bowling was what I was going to do in life."
"Timid salesmen have skinny kids."
"Some like them fat, some like them tall, some like them short, skinny legs and all. I like them all."
""And we'll call you... hmmm. Pudge." "Huh?" "Pudge," the Colonel said. "Because you're skinny. It's called irony, Pudge. Heard of it? Now, let's go get some cigarettes and start this year off right.""
"And Im happy that Im not super skinny."
"If I could have the discipline to be super-skinny, I would be."
"Yes, some people say to me you're too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that."
"Took out Skinny Minnie, Long Tall Sally, and Short Fat Fanny, but I'm kinda fonda Wanda."
"I will never be a skinny waif as I am physically unable to say "no" to free booze and snacks. Oh well."
"When I was skinny, I didn't get work. When I came out of college, I didn't get work until the Iglehart gene kicked in. Most of my family are large and that's when it started happening. My acrobats moves stayed with me."
"Collin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could stay rich"
"I like guitars in the Fender style because they have skinny necks."