Flesh

Flesh

In vertebrate animals, flesh is the colloquial term for biological tissue which consists of skeletal muscles and fat as opposed to bones, viscera and integuments. Flesh may be used as food, in which case it commonly is called meat.

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Famous quotes containing the word flesh:

    “The camera can represent flesh so superbly that, if I dared, I would never photograph a figure without asking that figure to take its clothes off.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.”
    —Clifton Fadiman (b. 1904)

    “thou mayst know,
    That flesh is but the glass, which holds the dust
    That measures all our time;”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)