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This entry in the BME encyclopedia contains quotations on tattoos, body piercing, body art and body modification.
- I don't want to pierce anything. I think it's outdated. Belly rings and all are, like, old.
- I did a branding on this kid's arm last night that said, "VEGAN." About half way through, I asked him how long he had been vegan, blah, blah, blah ... turns out he's not vegan at all — he just decided that "VEGETARIAN" had too many letters in it!
- — John Joyce, Scarab Body Arts
- Show me a man with a tattoo, and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.
- — Jack London
- You may lose your most valuable property through misfortune in various ways. You may lose your house, your wife and other treasures. But of your moko, you cannot be deprived except by death. It will be your ornament and companion until your last day.
- — Netana Whakaari of Waimana (1921)
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- Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies.
- — Frank Gillette Burgess
- The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body.
- — George Sheehan
- The bodyart crowd is a loving, highly intelligent group, despite public opinion. Tattoos do not instantly mean "convict." In this instance, they mean "computer geek."
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- When you open the flesh, you let something in.