Life is a razor, you are always in hot water or a scrape.

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.

— John Updike

“Sizzling. This entire room is sizzling. From his voice to his eyes to that dimpled half smirk to those ripped muscles in his arms.…

— Katie McGarry

Never put a razor inside your nose - even as a joke.

— Jake Johannsen

I'm cold as a razor blade, inches from madness.

— Elton John

I would give my best quartet for a good razor,

— Joseph Haydn

Why don't you swallow razor blades?

— Lou Reed

Perhaps the little Negro girl was holding a concealed razor blade. Maybe she was one of the troublemakers out for a fresh white scalp.

— David Sedaris

I heard of a man who had a razor made of Valyrian steel. He cut his head off trying to shave.

— Anonymous

Would you carry a razor, in case, just in case of depression?

— David Bowie

Would you kiss my lips if you knew a razor kissed my wrists?

— Patience

Golf is like a razor. You get just so sharp and then it begins to dull a little more the more you use it.

— Doug Sanders

That was when I cut my arms with a razor blade as a means of creative expression. I only did it lightly, just grazing…

— Francesca Lia Block

Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and…

— Charles Edward Montague

There is no other article for individual use so universally known or widely distributed. In my travels I have found [the safety razor] in…

— King C. Gillette

A common greeting was 'Well, Gillette, how's the razor?' If I had been technically trained, I would have quit.

— King C. Gillette