Skin Quotations | Page 2

Now that John Thompson is successful, ... I find it very difficult to fire him because the pigmentation in his skin is white. Besides, he's competent and he's my friend.

Never buy a a skin cream that's not loaded with great potent stable antioxidents like vitamin C,

REVIEW, v.t.To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it, Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it) At work upon a book, and so read out of it The qualities that you have first read into it.

Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

If we can get by this without having lost a whole lot, (the weather conditions) we've had so far this week will be fine. Dry, sunny weather is great for controlling skin diseases.

I am the daughter of a Chicana and anglo. I think most days I am an embarrassment to both groups. I sometimes hate the white in me so viciously that I long to forget the commitment my skin has imposed upon my life.

I apologize for creating this uproar both in and out of Korea. The fact remains that our research team was successful in creating stem cells from patients' skin cells. Still, there were mistakes made, human errors, in taking photographs and in the preservation of the stem cells.

Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes sorted into a hierarchy of your skin tone. So the fairer-skinned kids sat at the front row, and the darker-skinned kids sat at the back by the poor ones who played out in the street all day long.

Because of the severe beatings he had taken, his right buttocks looked like a purple volleyball, and there was so much swelling some of the skin literally died. Imagine a 3-by-3 (inch) area and all of the skin taken off down to the fatty tissue.

Because they breathe more times per minute than adults, they are more susceptible to biological or chemical agents, ... Because their skin is thinner than that of adults, they are more susceptible to toxic agents that can pass through skin.

I have a few friends that have inspired me since I was a young kid. When I watch old films or modern movies - particularly 'Gladiator,' 'New Jack City' and 'The Skin I Live In' - I'll also get ideas.

I can't have brown hair for some reason. I don't think it goes with my skin tone. The second I see it turn brown in the sun, I dye it black - the blacker the better.

If one were to strip a person of the layers of outward masks and illusions and place them only in their own skin they would be overwhelmed with fear of the unknown. Know thyself and feed upon it's very existence, everything that needs to be known is within.

Girls will go out and spend $200 or $300 dollars on a pair of shoes, but you should also be taking care of your skin. That's the first thing people see. I think it's an investment. It's a lot cheaper to use really great products now, rather than trying to fix problematic skin later on in life. That's always been my motto.

Frank Lloyd Wright's inverted oatmeal dish and silo with their awkward cantilevering, their jaundiced skin and the ingenious spiral ramp leading down past the abstractions which mirror the tortured maladjustments of our time.

From about 26 weeks you can talk about there being a complete system in terms of biology, a link from the skin to the spinal cord to the brain, and we know that set-up is reasonably functional.

From the very beginning, this redistricting has been about racial balance. Should children be assigned to schools based on skin color? That decision was made early on in this process.

I enjoy everything about life right now -- everything. I'm just really happy. I'm able to enjoy everything. I'm not depressed all the time and I'm not worried about anything, about myself or my appearance or things like that. Now I just feel so much more comfortable in my skin because I feel like I'm able to really tell everybody who I am and where I'm coming from and why I am the way I am. I'm just a different person today than I was even four years ago.

If someone's got skin in the game, then that's a very positive sign for the debt players. We just want to follow the good guys.

He had us make some toast points, and he told us to crush the (slow-roasted) garlic out of its skin and spread it on the toast along with the chicken. Roasting tamed the garlic and gave it a lovely taste. It was absolutely delicious.

He had a skin problem? ... Who would have thought this could lead to cold-blooded murder?

He gets treated in a whirlpool. They remove the scabs and treat the wounds until they can begin the skin grafting process. My sister is a nurse. She's taking care of the wounds here.

Today, I will smile and tell a kid that God loves all children regardless of their skin colors ... ?(-???-?)?

There is more than one way to skin a cat, but any way you do it, it's messy.

What I love about pink is that it complements every skin tone.

When I put products on my face, my skin gets itchy,

Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: / Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

Here we are in 2005, and a lot of the stuff is still going on today. People are still judging each other on how much money they have or their race, ... It's not about the color of skin but about people respecting one another for just being people.

He?s a lot like coach (Charlie) Weis, a guy who gets under your skin a little bit. It?s tough love.

He's done a great job, ... You know, there are different ways to skin a cat.

When he came out of his doghouse, I saw four or five burned spots on him where his skin was visibly burned, and you could see raw skin. I could smell burned hair.

He's played with (the broken thumb), that's not the issue. This week at work he took a chunk out of his finger, a pretty good chunk. They had to pull the skin back to be able to sew it up. The doctors just didn't want him using it until next Monday.

I always check myself for ticks. As for Lyme disease, a tick has to be on your skin 24 hours before you are at risk, but you'll never see that in the headlines, ... Also as a general rule, we don't touch any wildlife unless we're absolutely sure what it is.

Kids love to play with boxes. It's absolutely fine to leave those out for them to play with. But check for any metal staples that might catch on their skin or their clothing. In fact, It is best to take them out altogether and re-tape the box.

I think the governor is on safe ground signing a bill that says not to consider where a child goes to school based on skin color. It's America, 2006. We've got to move past that.

Last Look' is a devastating look at humanity. A friend who saw me in it said, 'My God, you look like you're on nerve gas.' It's people relating to each other badly, people trying to tear each other's skin off.

Last Look' is a devastating look at humanity, ... A friend who saw me in it said, 'My God, you look like you're on nerve gas.' It's people relating to each other badly, people trying to tear each other's skin off.

I was an aspiring astrophysicist, and that's how I defined myself, not by my skin color. People didn't treat me as someone with science ambitions. They treated me as someone they thought was going to mug them, or who was a shoplifter.

I thought we had lost the game. They were running out the clock with just over one minute remaining and I had my headsets off. But we jumped on a fumble, got the ball and scored. We escaped with a win by the skin of our teeth.

I thought we had lost the game, ... They were running out the clock with just over one minute remaining and I had my headsets off. But we jumped on a fumble, got the ball and scored. We escaped with a win by the skin of our teeth.

I think basically the issue has been (that) vitamin-D researchers and skin cancer researchers haven't been speaking to each other very much.

It gives your skin this really pretty, sort of dewy glow. And it's all even and all pretty.

I think that there should be this thing for cover-ups on tattoos. I want to develop it. It's like a skin-toned transfer, and then all the make-up artist has to do is airbrush over it to blend it into the skin. There's nothing like that. At the moment, you literally have to go red and get it to skin color, which takes forever.

I think so much of what we learn when we get older is being comfortable in our own skin and learning what looks good, and not being so trend-centric.

Large retailers and national computer manufacturers will typically look to point fingers at problems that are outside their control. Smart consumers will recognize that a technology consultant, the same kind that helps small businesses in the area, has a lot more skin in the game with building 'relationship equity' than a large national retailer or computer manufacturer.

I support the premise that you do not make school assignments based on race. My understanding of federal law is that you can't make assignments to school based on skin color. That is the issue. Busing is a necessary operational response to that decision. That's a response to a decision to assign students based on skin color.

I remember the moment I first became aware of aging. I was 30. I looked down at my knees, and the skin above them had become a little loose. And I thought, 'And so it begins!'

Our review clearly showed that the prevention of both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer needs to begin in childhood. Reduction in childhood sun exposure and tanning will hopefully stem the rise of skin cancer.

Pink is the one color that makes everyone look pretty instantly, and it will work with everyone's skin tone. It's very girlie and very ballerina, a very youthful, almost childlike look.

Really what it gave me a chance to do is, really up close and in person, learn that there really were a lot of ways to skin a cat. So I learned from those guys who really worked under me watching them coach defense their way.

Really it has to do with the angle. In winter, the sun is low on the horizon and the sun's beam is at a lower angle. It has to go through more of the atmosphere. Even in the middle of summer at sunrise it doesn't feel as hot on your skin as at the middle of the day.

RED-SKIN, n. A North American Indian, whose skin is not red --at least not on the outside.

Recently someone said to me, 'We don't have a drug problem in Ward 5,' ... I thought I'd jump out of my skin when I heard that. We can't bury our heads in the sand down here. There have been drug busts at the hotels in Ward 5 just like everywhere else.

Regular skin checkups to reduce the incidence of this deadly skin cancer must focus on those at high risk. Diagnosing melanoma early is critical to saving lives.

Some of the products available in the mass drug stores come from companies that have invested millions of dollars in developing skin care products for the vast majority of people. The masks they make will be as good as the ones available for more money at the department store.

Some people are going to have to grow some tough skin they hadn't had to grow before. Pat is a direct guy. That's going to really be different than everyone is used to. And he's going to say it in a way they're not used to a coach saying it and right in their face. ... He just wants you to play the game the right way.

My mum used Avon Skin So Soft oil when I was younger. She would have a bath, and then the smell used to fill the whole house.

My prayer is that each of us look inside our own hearts. It takes a willingness to pause before we make an assumption. I think all this erupts because we don't wait -- we react. And the willingness to have empathy and just imagine what it would be like to be in someone else's skin -- that's my prayer.

Look at her. Her skin is so perfect. It almost depresses me her skin is so perfect.

LITIGANT, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.

I think maybe the lack of Miami humidity will be helpful. I know that was a big thing. It's unbelievable, the size of some of those blisters. People think 'blister, just prick it with a pin and it goes away.' But he was ripping whole pieces of skin off of his finger.

I thought he was OK, but he stopped breathing and they had to put him on a respirator. When I was able to see him the next day, he had bandages over his eyes like little sunglasses and you could see his heart beating and every vein through his skin - I was afraid to touch him because I thought he would break.

Just because someone looks old doesn't mean he or she is. The skin of some people who spend a lot of time outdoors seems to age very rapidly. Someone can look 80 or 90 and only be 40 to 50.

It is essential that we remain alert to this hazard to avoid an increase in skin cancers, cataracts and other health threats,

I'm skin and bone when they see me. I'm tall and skinny. The first thing the wife said to her husband was, 'feed him.' They kept me for almost two weeks. I asked them where they got the clothes they gave me. They said their teenage son was arrested and they hadn't seen him anymore. They gave me his clothes.

The argument by proponents is if consumers have more skin in the game, they'll choose wisely. When you look at the facts or figures, especially bankruptcy from medical costs ... consumers already have skin in the game. We all understand the costs.

The architects wanted the building to have certain qualities of the natural landscape that are constantly changing. In different lights, for example, the skin has different qualities. It changes with the sunlight. It changes with the fog.

That was the worst one. The skin is real tight and thin there.

That was not for his protection, but for the fire officials' protection because his skin literally had serious contaminants on it.

I would like to think the game transcends it all, and that's the thing both Marvin and I were working toward, and hoping to get. In the NFL, the color of a coach's skin doesn't matter. We're just two football coaches playing each other on Opening Day and the guy who can get his team to play the best on that day should win the game, and I think that's what we both want from our position.

We evolved living in more sunlight than today. We make our own vitamin D when sunlight hits our skin cells. Many people living in the northern hemisphere, however, suffer from lower levels of vitamin D during the fall, winter and spring.

We are trying to assist her by removing some excess skin and fat that is hanging over her thighs. I need to elevate the skin and fat and make an incision with a knife from one side of the hip to the other side of the hip ... elevating all the skin and then trim all that excess skin and fat out.

You are alive only when you live by the skin of your teeth.

We have to keep evolving as people and keep it fresh. Life has its twists and turns, and being comfortable in your skin and loving yourself is the best way to get through life.

Using light as a form of skin treatment is nothing new.

With the drum and the skin of the antelope all the gods, that sway the battle, have scared away the enemies.

We were getting by by the skin of our teeth before Katrina and Rita. We need to make some changes in our consumption habits soon.

You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy.

We are not women of color. I am a woman with skin of color. I am not an ethnicity, but a skin tone. That's why my book covers everything from a blond and blue-eyed Brazilian to a woman from the Philippines who may be as dark as I am.

We made it by the skin of our teeth.

We havent played well through this series but we've fought all the way and we're hanging in by the skin of our teeth. While you're still hanging in you're a chance to win a Test match.

Water keeps hogs cool during the summer months, and the hogs use mud to help protect their skin from insects. Hogs root to eat, and rooting in muddy areas is much easier than rooting in dry areas.

We're educating everyone: public, criminals, but also people who may've had the misfortune of being attacked or something. They know how to leave behind a trail of evidence: they have to pull somebody's hair out by the root so that you leave a skin tag, and that's where you get the DNA.

Tire debris and wheel shrapnel resulted in damage to the No. 2 engine, puncture of three fuel tanks, and severance of several hydraulic lines and electrical wires. Additionally, a large hole was torn in the top wing skin which covers the wheel well area.

This study adds a history of the relatively favorable non-melanoma skin cancer -- in and of itself -- to the list of known risk factors for melanoma in both sun lovers and shade dwellers alike.

The fact that Donovan McNabb's skin color was brought up at all was wrong.

We do have a photo exhibition in the pool area which shows a lot of skin and it goes without saying that it will be removed by then.

We don't believe hormone therapy will make wrinkles melt away once they're already there, but the results of our study shows that hormone therapy can prevent them. Hormone therapy makes wrinkles less severe and keeps skin more elastic.

When I was younger, I'd make a point of driving to the middle of nowhere and spending an evening with just me, the wind, and the moon. Your skin crawls up an octave. This is what I tap into when I'm working on horror films. I'm just afraid a time will come when I lose touch with that part of myself.

Whenever I wore a bathing suit, I kept a sarong around my hips that went halfway down my thighs. The tops of my thighs are like baby skin. Where the sarong ended, I can see sun damage: I've got dark spots and places where there is no melanin. The spots are not pretty, so I encourage everyone to protect their skin from the sun.

Why do so many children love the idea of being snowed in or shipwrecked, of having to survive on one's own? When I was a child, I was no exception. I wanted to hunt with a bow and arrow like the Stone Age people: to skin deer and build my own shelter. And I desperately wanted a wolf. As we lived in London, my options were limited.

You have great offensive players in this league who don't let anything bother them. Even when I played, you had supposedly great point guard defenders and they were supposed to get under your skin with their growl or their stare or how they would grab or hold you. There are things you can do on the court to try to take care of that. I've participated in that kind of stuff before. Just be physical.

Too often, the skin creams that are most popular are the ones with the most marketing, not with the most research,

With dogs, allergies show up in their skin first. There still can be a respiratory component, as there is with people, but dogs' allergies usually begin with itching. Even food allergies show up this way.

When we played them at the 2002 World Cup, it was a game we pulled by the skin of our teeth, we were lucky. They've climbed up the rankings and no one has noticed. Sometimes they are underestimated by the public.

When we think of aging of the face, ... we typically just think that the soft tissue -- the skin and the fat -- deteriorates and becomes looser or bigger and we typically just lift everything back up and take out some skin to tighten it back up.

First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.

We need to remember there have been huge changes in how humans use the water over the last 20 to 30 years. When our parents and grandparents went into the water, they maybe wiggled their toes, or if they were very daring, jumped in and swam. People of our generation are surfing, diving, sail boarding, scuba diving, skin diving and engaging in all kinds of activities.

We've had quite a few discover the wonderful reality to why shaving helps so much. It not just for the reduction of resistance by the removal of hair, but it also removes a whole layer of dead skin cells and allows the kids to feel the water better.