Welcome to our collection of tattoo quotes! Tattoos have long been a form of self-expression, allowing individuals to convey their beliefs, values, and experiences through intricate designs and meaningful words etched onto their skin. Among the myriad of tattoo designs, quotes hold a special place for many, serving as reminders, mantras, or declarations of love, resilience, or personal philosophy.
Whether you’re seeking inspiration for your next tattoo or simply appreciate the beauty of words permanently inked onto the body, this curated selection of tattoo quotes offers a diverse range of sentiments and themes. From profound philosophical musings to whimsical phrases and poignant declarations, these quotes capture the essence of human emotion and experience.
Explore the collection below and discover the perfect words to adorn your skin with meaning and symbolism. Feel free to copy the quotes, place them on an image, or enhance them with stylish fonts to create a tattoo design that resonates with you deeply. Let your skin become a canvas for your most cherished words and sentiments.
I have a lot of tattoos. My first tattoo I had when I was a teenager was just a little heart. I am very friendly with a great artist, Scott Campbell, and I started going to him to get tattoos. I’m very spontaneous about what I get. Marc Jacobs
Tattoos are like stories – they’re symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful. Pamela Anderson
I’m never gonna get it, but I always wanted a tattoo that says: ‘This is my tattoo.’ Domo Genesis
One of the beauties of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters. Stellan Skarsgard
I actually have an Avenged Sevenfold tattoo on my body. Machine Gun Kelly
I have Bob Dylan lyrics on my ribs. I’m a diehard Dylan fan, and my dad and I joke that if I ever met him, I’d have him sign his name right under my tattoo and then I’d run to the parlor to get his signature tattooed. Carly Chaikin
I apologize to Koreans, because six months ago I got a tattoo of the red sun with 16 rays. At that time, I didn’t know the history, but when I found out, I immediately scheduled it for removal. Bella Poarch
Two friends and I decided to get tattoos of different animals. My one friend got a bulldog. My other friend got a bull, I think, and then I got a shark. Two years later, there was a cartoon called ‘Street Sharks,’ and by happenstance, it looked eerily reminiscent of my tattoo. Actually, it was identical. Edge
I got a random tattoo the other day. It’s a red triangle, which makes everyone think I’m arty, which I’m not. I used to draw red triangles all the time. It must mean something – maybe I don’t know it yet. But I’ll figure it out. Ellie Goulding
I have a tattoo that I got in Memphis, and another I got in Dayton. Colin Donnell
I don’t like the showy nationalism – a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag – that doesn’t matter to me. The way to show your patriotism and commitment is to go and support or play for your team. Gary Speed
Any time you choose not to hide your tattoo, you’re limiting your social sphere, because they’re not popular in big business. Helen Fisher
I have five tattoos. One says conquer, another Svatantra, a third mind over matter. I have a heart on my collar bone, and another tattoo saying Always Mommy’s Girl. I got these tattoos in different places at different times in my life and they all mean something to me. Ananya Birla
A quote is just a tattoo on the tongue. William F. DeVault
There is something in the act of having tattoos done that I love. It can be quite addictive. I’ve got a few on my back because my friend is an artist, and a few on my arms. Every time I pass a tattoo parlour, I think, ‘Maybe just a tiny one.’ Lena Headey
I don’t feel that I need a tattoo to represent myself as a Samoan or a Christian. Troy Polamalu
I have a maple leaf tattoo over my heart, quite literally, and my two favorite things on Earth are being in Canada and making movies. Jay Baruchel
My mom told me if I ever got a tattoo, she was going to take it off with a potato peeler. Jacob Dalton
Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo. Ed Westwick
Tattooing is my social life, too, so most of my time is taken up with that. People like Henry Lewis, Mike Davis at Everlasting Tattoo. Margaret Cho
I got my first piercing at the age of 13, my first tattoo at the age of 15. Bill Kaulitz
I go to the gym, do some martial arts, and I love poetry. I have a tattoo of my family crest, and another on my back that says ‘The Road Not Taken,’ which is a poem by Robert Frost. Steven R. McQueen
I got a tattoo saying ‘Made in England’ above my foot to represent that, that I felt like a doll for so long. Cara Delevingne
I have a ladybug on my wrist that I got when I was doing ‘John Tucker Must Die,’ and I have a tattoo on my ankle that’s in Sanskrit that says ‘Fearless.’ Brittany Snow
‘Battlefield’ was one of those slow-building songs, the way ‘Tattoo’ was. It was kind of a word-of-mouth hit. The more people heard it, the more they started requesting it on the radio. Jordin Sparks
I got this Jesus tattoo on my wrist when I was 18 because I know that it’s always going to be a part of me. When I’m playing, it’s staring right back at me, saying, ‘Remember where you came from.’ Katy Perry
I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They’re dancer feet. They’re pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they’re strong – I can pinch people with my toes. Caity Lotz
Tattoos, for me, are like a timeline of my life. I could look at a certain tattoo, and it reminds of me of a certain time in my life and why I got that tattoo. Tyga
I have a tattoo on my foot that says ‘it’s a whale’ in Japanese, because Japanese people kill whales. My stuffed whale was like most children’s teddy bear. I took it with me everywhere. I slept with it. I couldn’t live without my whale. Skylar Grey
I don’t sit under the tattoo gun unless I’m sold on it completely and it will define me as a person. Yelawolf
I don’t walk around with a cowboy hat. I did get a tattoo that says ‘cowboy’ that’s a bit of an over-compensation, probably. Ronnie Dunn
I was the – my trendsetting moment was my bar mitzvah had the first, like, temporary tattoo guy. Evan Goldberg
A tattoo is graffiti on the temple of the body. Gordon B. Hinckley
The ‘believe’ tattoo is because my mom always told me to believe. Ashley Tisdale
Having the tattoo itself is not really for the end result for me. I like having them done. Lena Headey
Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos. Chuck Zito
One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, you should always buy something to treat yourself to say well done for getting the job! However I’ve not followed on that through yet… I’ve always wanted a tattoo, something to mark my experience. Sam Claflin
My favorite action movie growing up was ‘Supergirl.’ It wasn’t good by any stretch of the imagination, but it was my favorite because I wanted to be her. I have a Supergirl tattoo. Adrianne Palicki
The one in the movie is not real, but my Casper tattoo is real, and it is my only one. Casper Van Dien
I noticed that I got a better space in the line in Starbucks when I had my tattoo. People associate tattoos with a certain edge. Then I open my mouth, and something completely different comes out. Wentworth Miller
I kind of like pony tails, beards, maybe a tattoo. My massive obsession – I’m really targeting a niche market here – a hair lip. Margot Robbie
I got halfway through ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.’ I don’t get it at all. What’s the big thrill? It’s boring. Elmore Leonard
I wouldn’t care if they tattoo Festus all over. He’s been good to me. Ken Curtis
As soon as I saw tattoos as a way to tell your story, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, I totally get it.’ So I got my first tattoo a couple of years ago, and it’s the word ‘hope’ on my left arm. It has a couple of dots at the end for each of my kids. Kristian Bush
My tattoo is of a cannon in Vancouver that I got in a fleeting moment of stupidity maybe 14 years ago. A lot of people have really beautiful tattoos, and I get real tattoo envy. But then other people basically just treat them like bumper stickers for their bodies. Ryan Reynolds
I have a tattoo on my wrist… and it says, ‘She believed she could, so she did.’ Carly Pearce
My only advice is don’t tattoo some guy’s name on yourself. Ever. I’ve done it twice. Twice! I’m in the process of getting both removed. It’s the most painful thing imaginable. Diora Baird
One of the series I like is D.M. Cornish’s ‘Monster Blood Tattoo,’ in which he creates a whole language. Kids who are reading that are building a language in their heads. There’s no real cognitive difference. I think kids are excited by language, and they’re not always given credit for that. Matthew Tobin Anderson
I’ll never have a tattoo – I just don’t like them, and when you’re old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don’t like them on men. Rafael Nadal
Every tattoo on my body symbolizes a phase in my career. Edge
A lot of guys in jail tattoo their hands. Daniel Day-Lewis
I love liquid eyeliner – it’s just easier. It doesn’t melt, fade, skip, or smudge. It’s tougher to use because it’s not as forgiving. The brush for my em michelle phan Scribble Calligraphy Liquid Liner was inspired by a calligraphy brush, so you can get a very thick or thin line, depending on how you flick it. I use it in Tattoo Black. Michelle Phan
I think ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ is a good example of a film where you have to juggle a whole lot of information to follow that story, and even if you haven’t read the book, it seems to go pretty well. And that is a film where the characters didn’t meet until 74 minutes into the film, not on page 17. Niels Arden Oplev
I was a prefect at school, I never had a tattoo, got a detention or pierced my ears more than once. Amanda Holden
I got a tattoo saying, ‘Freedom From Fear’ because of ‘Black Water Transit.’ Brittany Snow
I’m going to do a sequel to ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ and this one is called ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’, which is an American production. It’s a clean slate: new cast, new director and everything and they’re skipping from book one to book four. Claes Bang
A tattoo doesn’t make you look like an individual. Tony Parsons
The thing with ‘The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo’ is that is it’s like an Agatha Christie plot, and an investigating journalist is also a classic character. Niels Arden Oplev
I actually have a tattoo on the left side of my chest that says ‘Blessed.’ It represents how blessed I’ve been in my life and how thankful I am for all that I have. Michael Chandler
My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years. Ashley Scott
Somebody actually tattooed my face on his arm. In a couple years, that will be the equivalent of having a Screech tattoo. Chris Jericho
Well, I used to have a sister, but I never got to meet her because she died after two days, I think. So if I got a tattoo, it would probably have to be something to do with my sister. I actually want to get a tattoo when I’m older of something about her. Chloe Grace Moretz
First impressions matter more in basketball than in any other sport, and they can be savored only in person. Players can’t hide behind pads or helmets, so we can stare at them, evaluate every move they make: running, jumping, walking, even ogling the cheerleaders. We can see every ripple and tattoo. If they’re lazy, we can tell. Bill Simmons
I’m too tough and sensitive to have to have some pubescent twerp with his mom’s earring in his tongue, who combs his hair with Redi-Whip and has an Ani DiFranco tattoo on his shin, come show me how a computer works. P. J. O’Rourke
The gummy bears tattoo was my idea. It’s my son’s favorite candy. The sketch was my other son’s idea. It’s a self-portrait of himself. I just showed the artist his sketch and had him tattoo it on my forearm. It looks like a stick person with big hair. It’s pretty funny. Prince Fielder
There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo… and the other was to get a Yankees hat. Ed Sheeran
Giving birth was easier than having a tattoo. Nicole Appleton
I love tattoos. And mine symbolise who I really am. I have a Samurai on my left arm. At a subconscious level, I connect to this warrior and model myself on his discipline, skills and honour. There is also a tribal tattoo and a Chinese symbol of faith. I have seen a lot of people getting tattoos just because it’s a trend. Virat Kohli
I have a tattoo of Joy Division on my chest, and I like One Direction. Jamie Blackley
The first tattoo I got was when I was 17, and it’s a cross on my bicep with ‘Only God Can Judge Me’ underneath. Trey Songz
The first time I showed the tattoo, it was big news in the newspaper: ‘She has a tattoo with a snake.’ It’s not a snake. Li Na
I had a tattoo of Jaden Smith. A very accurate portrait of a 15-year-old Jaden Smith. Sal Vulcano
It’s 2010. I’m forty-three years old. I’ve just turned in the final draft of what will be my third novel when I decide I want a tattoo. Maybe it’s a middle-age thing. Or maybe now that my kids are nearly grown and I have a career in place, I’m finally coming into my own. Therese Fowler
Getting a tattoo would probably make me cry. Calvin Trillin
Getting a tattoo is arguably one of the most insane decisions a sensible human can make. Jenna Wortham
A great epiphany: I found out that I’m totally confused and I’m good with that. I’m consistently inconsistent. I’m all of the above. I’m OK. I’m a work in progress. That’s my next tattoo somewhere. Ronnie Dunn
The tattoo on my wrist has the letters ‘ES,’ which stands for ‘elephant shoe.’ It’s something I used to say when I was younger instead of ‘I love you’ and it reminds me to remain childlike at times and to not take myself too seriously. Jaimie Alexander
I’m a tearless clown. If I were to get a tattoo, it would be the two masks, and they would be both smiling. Andy Samberg
Jesse James’s next tattoo should be a warning label: Danger. Loving this man could break you. Alafair Burke
I wouldn’t want a tattoo at all. They’re difficult to cover up. Richard C. Armitage
I think ‘Tattoo’s a song that can go so many different ways. Some people think of it as a break-up song, but, for me, it’s about somebody who comes into your life and really touches you – be they a friend, a family member or someone you’re in a relationship with. Jordin Sparks
The one album I can’t live without is called ‘Cumbolo’ by a band called Culture. Every song on their album is deep, but there’s one in particular called ‘This Train.’ I have a tattoo of the lyrics on my left arm. Idris Elba
I have a complete temple of Lord Shiva. I have Shivansh written on me and that is the name of my sister’s son. I am a Leo so I also have a lion. I also have a warrior type tattoo as that gives me the spirit to fight when I am on the field. The pain of getting inked gives me joy. Yuzvendra Chahal
I got my very last tattoo after my father died. I’m not getting anymore; otherwise I’ll end up like Mike Tyson with a tattoo on my face. Seann William Scott
Becoming a vampire is forever. You don’t get to change your mind about it later. For me, I think that’s one of the big drawbacks with anything that’s permanent. How do you know how you’re going to feel in five years or 10 years? Even with a tattoo. Stephenie Meyer
Tattoos are addicting, and I used to have this tribal tattoo, but I was never really happy with it. Randy Orton
Fred Durst gave my first wife a tattoo of a star on the bottom of her foot when she was 14 years old in his trailer home. So that was my first introduction to Limp Bizkit. Laura Jane Grace
I probably have the crappiest tattoo – not only in country music – but maybe the world. Blake Shelton
I don’t have any tattoos – I live vicariously through my sister, Langley, who has many. If I can’t stick to one ensemble, I don’t think I could stick to one tattoo. Dree Hemingway
I’ve thought about it, but I don’t think I’d ever get a ‘Teen Wolf’ tattoo, and I don’t know why. Tyler Posey
A very common thing these days is people show up and they ask us in the band to sign with a Sharpie right on their skin and they go get it tattooed the next day. Then they’ll show up at another show and they’ll have their tattoo. Jared Leto
You have to think hard with a tattoo. ‘What will I love for the rest of my life?’ Kate Upton
I got a heart tattooed on my foot. It’s my first tattoo. Goldie Hawn
I love Tinkerbell because she’s feisty and about it. She’s got swag! She’s going to do what she wants to do. I even have a Tinkerbell tattoo, and she is wearing Adidas flip-flops! Kidada Jones
I’ve been through so much pain in life, what’s a tattoo? Mumtaz
Anyone who’s had a tattoo knows once you get your first one, as you’re walking out the door, you’re planning the next. Chris Evans
All my tattoos except my first were not planned. I would just go into the shop late at night with friends and ask for something on the spot. My first is my parents’ wedding date. I thought it would soften the blow of getting a tattoo. Hailey Baldwin
I basically – I don’t like tattoos, unless you’re a firefighter who has a tattoo that has to do with that or a military guy. That’s – those are people who should have tattoos. Denis Leary
I have no tattoos. There’s nothing I’ve even been that into to get a tattoo of it. Eli Roth
With her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,’ Rooney Mara gave fashion fans a new Gothic-chic muse. Derek Blasberg