“The "through-and-through" universe seems to suffocate me with its infallible impeccable all-pervasiveness. Its necessity , with no possibilities; its relations, with no subjects, make me feel as if I had entered into a contract with no reserved rights ... It seems too buttoned-up and white-chokered and clean-shaven a thing to speak for the vast slow-breathing unconscious Kosmos with its dread abysses and its unknown tides.” IfsFeelsSeemsUniverseSpeakWhiteRightsSubjectsPossibilityRelationCleanBreathingUnconsciousContractsTidesDreadAbyssReservedInfallibleImpeccableClean Shaven Author:William James
“If I were Osama, and the United States government were actually looking for me, I'd be clean-shaven by now, crewcutted, wearing jeans and a ZZ Top T-shirt, and living in a nice little house in Lincoln, Nebraska.” IfsLittlesStatesGovernmentHouseUnitedUnited StatesNiceCleanShirtsJeansT ShirtState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentNebraskaClean Shaven Author:L. Neil Smith
“I don't know what it is on an elemental level, but a beard in general evokes hedonism. It's a more lush personal grooming style. It's more comfortable and cozy; it's less sharp and angular and businesslike. I feel like a beard is more Hobbit-like, even though Hobbits themselves are clean-shaven.” KnowsFeelsLevelsStyleComfortableCleanBeardEvokeElementalsCozyGroomingHedonismLushPersonal GroomingClean Shaven Author:Nick Offerman
“I've had a beard a fair few times and, like most guys, when I shave the beard off I experiment with a few different facial hair styles on the way down to clean shaven. But I've never actually had a moustache for any longer than about 10-15 minutes - during the process of shaving off the beard.” WayDifferentGuyProcessMinutesStyleHairFairsCleanExperimentsBeardFacialShavingMoustacheFacial HairClean Shaven Author:James Magnussen
“It was the shaving that bothered me the most. I'm not a great fan of shaving and I had to be really clean-shaven, hands, head, hairline, all the fluff off my face, everything except my eyebrows, so this sheen, this kind of polish they used on me, would stick.” KindHandsFacesUsedFansCleanSticksEyebrowsPolishBotheredShavingFluffGreat FansClean Shaven Author:Jude Law
“I don't mind seeing two guys kissing, you know, as long as they're clean-shaven.” KnowsMindLongTwoGuySeeingKissingCleanTwo GuysKissing YouClean Shaven Author:Kevin Nealon
“Santa Jr. I was a cop. Yes, I was officially Santa. But a younger Santa. He goes young, clean-shaven, to how we imagine Santa with all the white hair and beard and "Ho ho ho." Kind of funny.” KindYoungWhiteImagineHairCleanCopSantaBeardWhite HairClean Shaven Author:Judd Nelson
“I've been recognized every now and then. It's always in computer stores. It's something like brain associations, because I'll be in the grocery store and nobody will recognize me. Even in my glasses, looking exactly like my picture, nobody will recognize me. But I could be totally clean-shaven, hat on, looking nothing like myself in a computer store, and they're like, "Snowden?!"” BrainComputerCleanGlassesStoresHatsAssociationNow And ThenGroceriesGrocery StoresSnowdenClean Shaven Author:Edward Snowden
“I think the beard helps offset - it's the only hairstyle I can really pull off. But I'm often clean-shaven. I think, you know, for me, it's not that signifier. What's interesting to me though is although the beard isn't a signifier of that to me, other people very often think that it is. And so people in America might react differently. The, you know, border agents might react differently. The guys at airport security might react differently.” PeopleThinkingKnowsI CanHelpingMightAmericaGuyInterestingSecurityCleanAgentsBordersAirportsBeardHairstylesAirport SecurityClean Shaven Author:Mohsin Hamid
“I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'” IfsMotherHateDadDaughterI HateCleanUpsetMy DaughterClean Shaven Author:Eric Bana
“Finally, in October 1945, a man with swampy eyes, feathers of hair, and a clean-shaven face walked into the shop. He approached the counter. "Is there someone here by the name of Leisel Meminger?" "Yes, she's in the back," said Alex. He was hopeful, but he wanted to be sure. "May I ask who is calling on her?" Leisel came out. They hugged and cried and fell to the floor.” MenMaySaidEyeWantedFacesAsksNamesHairCallingCleanShopsHopefulCriedFeathersAlexOctoberClean Shaven Author:Markus Zusak
“Dad at breakfast today being very quiet. I notice he is clean shaven. I said to him, "Vati, what has happened to the little beaver that used to live on the end of your chin?” LittlesSaidEndsTodayUsedHappenedDadQuietCleanBreakfastChinsBeaversClean Shaven Author:Louise Rennison
“I hate shaving. It's much easier to just do a little stubble, but my wife and daughter like it when I'm clean-shaven. If you see me with a clean face, then you know I'm in the kissing mode!” IfsKnowsLittlesFacesMotherHateWifeEasierKissingDaughterI HateCleanMy WifeShavingWife And DaughterClean Shaven Author:Patrick Dempsey
“I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves... only about you.” WhiteMetsCostCleanRidiculousDamnDepartmentCleaningAccountingCollarsDamn ThingsWhite CollarClean Shaven Author:Jean Shepherd
“Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere.” MenLongBlackWhiteFeetCleanColourTallOld ManCleaningSpecksMoustacheClean Shaven Book:Dracula Source: Dracula
“They prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film... a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation.” MatterFilmSeeingMirrorsCleanOneselfCompensationClean Shaven Author:Billy Gibbons