Top 45 Skins Quotes

I didn’t tell anyone in school that I was going to be in ‘Skins.’ I was terrified of them putting me down.

My first real acting job was ‘Skins’ at eighteen years old, and I just kind of grew into myself in those two years; I would have done terribly if I’d have got that job at sixteen.

You would think that Freddy Couples-Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I’ll tell you in skins, it’s a matter of just hitting it at the right time.

I’ve worked with some actors who have such thick skins and think they are so extraordinary. I’ll think, ‘Have you stopped learning?’ They stop listening to directors or other actors and do the same thing again and again.

Mars still remains the astrobiology community’s number one choice for ‘nearest rock with life,’ but there are many researchers who argue that the moons of Jupiter are better bets. In particular, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are all thought to hide vast oceans of liquid water beneath their icy, outer skins.

Depending on the season, between 20 and 30 percent of my collections contain some sort of eco or sustainable element, whether it’s a beautiful organic fabric or a natural dye. And obviously I don’t use animal skins or fur of any kind.

The concept of the characters in animal skins and us satirizing modern technology made it fun. But the voices we cast and the characterization of Fred Flintstone had a lot to do with it.

‘Skins’ has been such a great thing for our generation – I don’t want it to become a parody of itself.

My wish was to finish my career at Arsenal, but there are always banana skins.

Generally speaking, politicians are an odd bunch. They seem to have very thick skins and genuinely don’t care what people think. And charm is a very important part of the politician’s armoury. I try to resist that kind of charm.

I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.

‘Skins’ had been a brilliant breeding ground for young actors, young directors and young writers. It was a safe environment to experiment; it tried new things, and it was an amazing time and amazing to be part of it.

The sad truth is that mass migration, whatever the colour of the skins of those involved, upsets and worries indigenous people, especially the poorest.

What’s great about ‘Skins’ is that the characters are exactly like people around you.

Magic should get under people’s skins.

Stories teach us empathy. They reveal to us ourselves in the skins of others.

‘Skins’ is actually a part of who I am as a person, so I was really focused on making sure the scripts and the story lines were right.

Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on.

Mourinho is known for getting under players’ skins, tickling and goading better performances out of them.

Most of us in the media are, by and large, sentimental about our national identity, but comfortable enough in our skins as Indians, to be deeply self-critical. The problem arises when loyalty to India gets mixed up with loyalty to the government of the day.

I think the actresses who are really successful are the ones who are comfortable in their own skins and still look human.

I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.

I am up for anything, but my favorite show in the whole world is this English series, ‘Skins.’ It would be awesome to be able to go on that somehow.

I like to see things that take a lot of time and effort and passion. Which I feel like ‘Skins’ has.

Our focus on melanin and people’s skins – can’t we talk about the diversity of ideology? Can’t we look at people for their minds and what they can contribute? And I’d like to see us go more toward a respect for people’s ability to contribute, and I actually want to get to a society where we disregard race.

‘Skins’ was such a great platform for young actors. They had this whole thing about getting people who weren’t trained, this new generation, this new culture.

I felt there needed to be a show for teenagers that didn’t make them feel judged. ‘Skins’ never tried to preach. It allowed young people to make their own decisions about what to do and whether it was right or wrong. Young people really respond to that, and that’s what sets ‘Skins’ apart.

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.

Among the old Norse, it was the custom for certain warriors to dress in the skins of the beasts they had slain, and thus to give themselves an air of ferocity, calculated to strike terror into the hearts of their foes.

Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn’t everybody’s favourite waste of time.

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

To experience the northern forest in the raw, I went to northern Finland and Lapland, travelling on horseback, and sleeping on reindeer skins in the traditional open-fronted Finnish laavu. I ate elk heart, reindeer and lingonberries, and tried out spruce resin: the chewing gum of the Stone Age.

When someone shouts ‘Skins’ at you, its funny the first time. But after a hundred times, you think, ‘I do have a name.’

In an online community, there’s this kind of social economy between the community members. Some people have status because they make cool skins or that’s a good website that’s visited a lot, but there’s no real gameplay there.

Olay does a great tinted moisturiser that I add a little turmeric to – making it more yellow depending on my skin tone and the season. That’s a great trick for all women who find that foundations are too ashy or too pink for their skins. And it’s anti-inflammatory. It’s my secret weapon.

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.

The great thing about ‘Skins’ is that it’s not ‘90210.’ We don’t have to look stick-thin and ripped. Those shows send out the wrong messages by showing body-perfect people but not mentioning that they spend four hours a day in the gym to look that way.

Young men feel they have much to prove; older men, as a very general rule, tend to feel more comfortable in their skins.

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.

‘Skins’ was the university for me. It was the best years of my life, really. We were all just a bunch of friends.

See, tomato skins are really good at keeping tomato juices inside the tomato, but they have one defect: Moisture can escape from the tops, where the tomatoes were attached to the vine.

My high school experience was very different than the high school experience on ‘Skins.’

After ‘Skins’ I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.

I went on Skins’ when I was 23, and everyone else was about 17. It was like being back at school.

‘Skins’ was like our uni. I’m tight with everyone from ‘Skins’ because we had that special experience together.