quotations about barbers
See, in my day, a barber was more than just somebody who sit around in a FUBU shirt with his drawers hanging all out. In my day, a barber was a counselor. He was a fashion expert. A style coach. Pimp. Just general all-around hustler. But the problem with y'all cats today, is that you got no skill. No sense of history. And then, with a straight face, got the nerve to want to be somebody. Want somebody to respect you. But it takes respect to get respect. Understand? See, I'm old. But, Lord willing, I'd be spared the sight of seeing everything that we worked for flushed down the drain by someone who don't know no better or care.
MARK BROWN
Barbershop
Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.
ROBERT AUGUSTINE
Hearings on the Nuclear Initiative, October 29, 1975
In Penny Lane, there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to have known
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say, "Hello"
THE BEATLES
"Penny Lane"
To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Letters From a Citizen of the World to His Friend in the East
Well lathered is half shaven.
THOMAS FULLER
Gnomologia
I must to the barber's, monsieur; for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The barbershop was a mixture of the crowds from the Friday night fights in Marty Richter's apartment and men who frequented the candy store. Three black foot pumped hydraulic chairs stood in a row in front of a full mirror. The counter had a plethora of combs, scissors and brushes, each handled with the skill of a surgeon in the hands of Fred Littachio the barber. Although there were three chairs, Fred used only one.
MARTIN E. COHEN
There Was Always Room At My Mother's Table
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Poor Richard's Almanack
Like a barber's chair, that fits all buttocks.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
All's Well that Ends Well
His needs were few, his room was bare
A lavabo and a fancy chair
A mug of suds and a leather strop
An apron, a towel, a pail and a mop
For neatness he deserved a nod
Did Sweeney Todd
The demon barber of Fleet street
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd"
No standard of craftmanship was required for admission to the trade. Anyone who could find the tools and a victim was a barber.
A.M. SIMONS
The Journeyman Barber, June 1917
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head, and upon thy beard.
BIBLE
Ezekiel 5:1
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd
His skin was pale and his eye was odd
He shaved the faces of gentlemen
Who never thereafter were heard of again
He trod a path that few have trod
Did Sweeney Todd
The demon barber of Fleet street
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd"
Goin' to the barber shop
Gonna have them do me up
Gonna get clean for my little buttercup
THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
"Justine"
Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
BERNIE MAC
attributed, AZ Quotes
In a way the philosopher and the barber are of the same guild; the barber cuts hair and the philosopher splits hairs.
JOSÉ ORTEGA Y GASSET
Man and People
A barber is the only husband who talks as much as his wife.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Barber's maxim: You can only scalp a customer once, but you can give him a haircut every two weeks.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Barbers first learn to shave by shaving fools.
JOHN WOLCOT
Works
If you keep walking past the barbers, eventually you'll get a haircut.
PAUL MERSON
attributed, Tell Him He's Pele