Quote tattoo ideas

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Colour traditional tattoo of a snow globe showing a red sun over mountains and a lake, with the words I WISH I COULD STAY HERE above and below, on the forearm.
Snow globe with mountains and sunset on a forearm
Black linework flash design of a robot head inside circular blackletter-style lettering reading YOU ARE WHO YOU CHOOSE TO BE, drawn on cream paper.
Robot head with circular quote lettering design
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a green tent among pine trees under a starry sky, with the words Home is where your heart is arched above and below it, in a traditional style.
Tent and pine trees with lettering on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing red roses, two round picture frames and a banner reading There is no place like home.
Roses and frames with a home banner on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of four arrows wrapped in a ribbon reading A MAN MUST MAKE HIS OWN ARROWS, with feathered shafts and radiating lines.
Four arrows with ribbon banner quote
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a seated woman at a vanity, a horned demon in the mirror, and the quote 'What is this that stands before me' arched above.
Woman at a mirror with demon reflection
Black line-art flash design of a ribbon banner with the words don't worry, you're just as sane as I am, flanked by wings and a pair of round spectacles, with a cherry below.
Ribbon banner with wings and spectacles
Black ink ship's wheel with script reading Be the one to guide me, and an anchor with rope and script reading but never hold me down, tattooed on the thighs.
Ship's wheel and anchor thigh tattoos
Colour tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves inside a circular frame, with the script words Tale As Old As Time arching above it, on a person's upper back.
Pink rose in a ring with script on the back
Colour tattoo on a calf in a traditional style, with a printed quote about risk above pink and red cherry blossom flowers and a dark figure below.
Quote and cherry blossoms on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a scroll banner reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with footprints, on the upper thigh.
Footprints and scroll banner on a thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon woman in a red polka-dot bandana flexing her arm, with banners reading I'M A STRONG and SMART SENSUAL WOMAN, on a calf.
Cartoon character with quote banners on a leg
Colour tattoo of a cartoon sheep wearing a red bow, with blue hearts and the words I thought you loved me in black lettering, on a calf.
Cartoon sheep with bow and quote on a calf
Pencil and ink drawing of a compass inside a hatched frame, with three banners reading Before you ask which way to go, remember where you've been.
Compass with banner quote drawing
Traditional style tattoo design drawing of a dagger piercing a mauve heart, with grey banners reading I SAY TO DEATH NOT TODAY, on a grey textured background.
Dagger through heart with banners
Traditional colour tattoo of a teapot with red flowers and green leaves, with a banner reading Ain't no party like my nana's teaparty, shown across three panels on skin.
Teapot and flowers with banner quote
Black script lettering quote and a colour sugar skull tattoo with red roses on a bare thigh.
Text quote and sugar skull on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a campfire, tent, pine trees and mountains under a moon, with the words WE COULD BE ANYWHERE arched above.
Campfire and tent camping scene on forearm
Blue ink drawing of a traditional sailing ship in heavy waves, with a curling banner on the left reading LOVE IS LIKE A TIDE BRINGING YOU HOME, intended as a tattoo design.
Sailing ship and banner design
Colour traditional style tattoo of an older woman with round glasses and grey curled hair holding a round fruit object, above a banner reading IT WAS A RUN BY FRUITING.
Older woman portrait with banner quote
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoos with rope and script lettering on both thighs, worn above striped over-knee socks.
Matching anchor tattoos with quotes on thighs
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with the words We're all stories in the end and two red flowers, on the ankle.
Open book with quote and red flowers on ankle
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style dagger with an ornate hilt and the word Rumplestiltskin on the blade, with banners reading All magic comes with a price, shown as a tattoo design.
Dagger with banner reading All magic comes with a price
Black and grey flash design of a winged skull with ribbon banners carrying the words I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me.
Winged skull with banner quote
Black ink tattoo on a calf of a banner scroll reading I WANT ALL OF THE CATS TO LOVE ME THE BEST, with cartoon cats, in traditional style with pink-red shading.
Cartoon cats on a banner across a calf
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a striped lighthouse with a banner reading There is a light that never goes out, above a red rose.
Lighthouse and rose on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of three banners reading home is wherever I'm with you, wrapped around orange and teal feathers on an upper arm.
Feather banners with quote on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a looping banner reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, surrounded by footprints, in a traditional style.
Footprints and quote banner
Traditional style tattoo on the thigh showing a hand gripping a stake, red carnations, a banner reading INTO EVERY GENERATION A SLAYER IS BORN and a red gem with a B.
Hand with stake, banner and carnations
Traditional style tattoo of a dark hand with a red eye, orange flames, a tower and a banner reading In the Eye of the Beholder, on an upper arm.
Hand and eye with flames on an upper arm
Black ink flash drawing of a king of hearts and queen of spades playing card with ribbon banners reading You're the King, baby I'm your Queen, in a lettering and dotwork style.
King and queen playing cards with banner lettering
Black and grey traditional tattoo with dotwork shading on a thigh, showing mountains, pine trees, a sunburst, roses and the script Let's be Adventurous.
Mountain sunrise and roses on a thigh
Black and grey compass rose tattoo on a calf with the script words Not All Who Wander Are Lost arranged around it.
Compass rose and quote on a calf
Black and grey diamond-shaped tattoo on a limb showing a flying saucer over mountains and pine trees, with the words I want to believe along the left edge.
UFO over mountains in a diamond frame
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a banner reading I shall not live in vain, on a forearm.
Pocket watch with banner on a forearm
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo on the upper back, with a banner reading it's just a spark but its enough beside a starburst.
Swallow with spark quote on upper back
Traditional tattoo on a forearm showing an eye in a dark shape, red roses and a banner reading Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
Eye, roses and banner quote on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a blue TARDIS with a banner reading Just a Madman with a Box, with purple smoke and sparkles, on a forearm.
TARDIS with banner on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm showing a sewing machine above the words 'As ye sew, so shall ye rip', in a lettering and traditional style.
As ye sew sewing machine tattoo on a forearm
Forearm tattoo with a shaded red rose above black script lettering and large ornate letters, in a traditional style.
Rose and lettering on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of R2-D2 projecting the words You're my only hope, above an orange rose with a Rebel Alliance emblem, on a thigh.
R2-D2 and rebel rose on a thigh
Black and grey traditional grim reaper tattoo with dotted shading, a scythe, falling tears and the words O heaven knows we'll soon be dust, on a limb.
Grim reaper with quote on a limb
Colour traditional tattoo on the back of a neck showing a top hat, teacup, pocket watch, playing card spades and a banner reading We're all mad here.
Mad Hatter top hat and teacup on a neck
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a heart shaped house with chimneys, trees, stars, a dotted constellation and the words home is where the heart is.
House-heart tattoo on upper arm
Two traditional style thigh tattoos showing R2-D2 and C-3PO, each with a banner scroll, roses and a sunflower, on a person's upper thighs.
R2-D2 and C-3PO thigh tattoos
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anatomical heart framed by yellow banner scrolls with lettering, on a leg.
Anatomical heart with banner scroll on a leg
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a heart-shaped wreath of blue, orange and pink flowers around black script reading Fall in love with yourself, on the outer thigh.
Heart wreath with script quote on thigh
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with two red roses and the words We're all stories in the end, on the ankle.
Open book and roses on an ankle