During the Holocaust, those fortunate enough to be incarcerated immediately had their heads shaven. The reason – robbing a person of their hair immediately reduces self-esteem. All too often, regardless of culture, hair defines our identity.
Throughout history, hair has been the subject of many musings, pontifications and quotes that range from the silly and hilarious to the most sublime and somber. These quotes cover every hair issue from beauty to baldness.
Beauty & Adoration
“Hair brings one’s self-image into focus; it is vanity’s proving ground. Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of mysterious prejudices.” – Shana Alexander
“Hair is vitally personal to children. They weep vigorously when it is cut for the first time; no matter how it grows, bushy, straight or curly, they feel they are being shorn of a part of their personality.” – Charles Chaplin
“The hair is the richest ornament of women.” – Martin Luther
“I’m a big woman. I need big hair.” – Aretha Franklin
“I’m undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.” – Hillary Clinton
“Long on hair, short on brains” – French Proverb
“I’m not offended by all the dumb-blonde jokes because I know that I’m not dumb. I also know I’m not blonde.” – Dolly Parton
Gray Hair
“Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.” – Greek proverb
“Gray hair is God’s graffiti” – Bill Cosby
“Gray hair is a blessing - ask any bald man.” – Unknown
“By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.” – George Bancroft
“There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.” – P. G. Wodehouse
Baldness
“A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.” – Oliver Herford
“I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you may have noticed, I have no hair.” – Patrick Stewart
“It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.” – Cicero
“I don’t care if they call me “baldie” or “chrome dome.” God took an eraser and brushed my head clean. I’d rather be bald on top than bald inside.” – Joe Garagiola
” >Babies haven’t any hair:
Old men’s heads are just as bare;
From the cradle to the grave
Lies a haircut and a shave.”
– Samuel Goodman Hoffenstein