34 Red Hair Quotes: Fall in Love with Their Fiery and Feisty Spirit

Red hair can sometimes be associated with "nerdy" attributes, while on the other hand, others find the look captivating. Read the 34 quotes below to find out more about these orange locks.

There are many different stereotypes regarding hair colors, primarily when they are associated with women. Blondes always have fun; brown-haired women are smart, while redhead women are meant to be bold and temperamental.

Some of our most beloved and iconic redheads include Sadie Sink, Christina Hendricks, Jessica Chastain, Susan Sarandon, and Nicole Kidman. Read the 34 quotes below to learn more about this fiery bunch.

Lucille Ball’s quote: "Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead." | Image: AmoDays

Quotes on the Beauty and Enchantment of Redheads

"People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty." — Shirley Manson

"All the redheads are beautiful, whether it is redheaded kids, redheads boys, or a girl with red hair." — Sophia Lunar

"Redheads. We're a limited edition of fascination. A unique & rare blend of awesomeness." ― Stephanie Lahart

"Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead." — Lucille Ball

"When I think back about my immediate reaction to that redhead girl, it seems to spring from an appreciation of natural beauty. I mean the heart pleasure you get from looking at speckled leaves or the palimpsested bark of plane trees in Provence. There was something richly appealing to her color combination; the ginger snaps floating in the milk-white skin, the golden highlights in the strawberry hair. it was like autumn, looking at her. It was like driving up north to see the colors." ― Jeffrey Eugenides

Shirley Manson’s quote: "People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty." | Image: AmoDays

"Redheaded women! Those blood oranges! Those cherry bombs! Those celestial shrews and queens of copper! May they never cease to stain our white-bread lives with super-natural catsup." ― Tom Robbins

Quotes on the Mischievous and Bold Nature of Redheads

"She was a woman with red hair and green eyes— the traits which Satan supposedly relished most in mortal females." ― Robert Joseph Shea

"Peter was learning you don't mess with redheads. Even when they're blond." ― P.J. Manney

"The blood of a redheaded woman is three degrees cooler than the blood of a normal woman. This has been established by medical studies." ― Joe Hill

"It's my red hair that interferes with my good sense. All that color so close to my brain, it plum disorients me most days." ― Kimberly Frost

Sophia Lunar’s quote: "All the redheads are beautiful, whether it is redheaded kids, redheads boys, or a girl with red hair." | Image: AmoDays

"You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair." ― L. M. Montgomery

"Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous." ― P.G. Wodehouse

"All the action adventure girls have red hair. Whenever it is an independent girl, not a sidekick person when she has her own mind or does as good as the guys, she has beautiful red hair." ― Marion Roach

"There speaks the passion and the rebellion that go with red hair. My second wife had red hair. She was a beautiful woman, and she loved me. Strange, is it not? I have always admired red-haired women. Your hair is very beautiful. There are other things I like about you. Your spirit, your courage; the fact that you have a mind of your own." ― Agatha Christie

"Red hair is great. It's rare, and therefore superior." ― Augusten Burroughs

P.G. Wodehouse’s quote: “Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous.” | Image: AmoDays

"It is observed that the redheaded of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity." — Jonathan Swift

"People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is." — Lucy Maud Montgomery

Quotes about Personal Experiences as Redheads

"I've been compared to a lot of redheads. Here's the thing though: you can look nothing like somebody, but if you both have red hair, all of a sudden people think you look exactly the same." ― Sadie Sink

"My favorite feature is my red hair. Why wouldn't it be? It sets me apart from other people who don't have red hair, and it instantly bonds me with people who do. Experts often say that redheads are an endangered species―but experts say a lot of things. My own hasty scans of sidewalks and shopping malls show plenty of us out and about. Maybe the experts are just saying that because they are jealous of all the redheads and the only revenge they know is to claim that we will all die." ― Ellie Kemper

"I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead." ― Kate Walsh

Laura Prepon's quote: “I love being a redhead. It's a rare thing, so I think there's a bond between redheads.” | Image: AmoDays

"I wasn't born a redhead, but I was born to be a redhead." ― Georgette Mosbacher

"Sadly, I'm not a natural redhead. But, I prefer my red hair to my blonde hair." — Amybeth McNulty

"The thing I love the most about my red hair is the same reason why I used to hate it, and it's the fact that it makes me different." — Rebecca Mader

"Red hair is my lifelong sorrow." ― L.M. Montgomery

"I love being a redhead. It's a rare thing, so I think there's a bond between redheads." — Laura Prepon

Rachel Hurd-Wood’s quote: "I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic." | Image: AmoDays

"I'm a ginger, and there's not much more fun you can get as ginger. And I think that's why there's a lot of resentment toward the ginger community. We're Vikings, essentially." — Michael Fassbender

"When redheaded people are above a certain social grade, their hair is auburn." ― Mark Twain

"I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic." — Rachel Hurd-Wood

A Fiery Bunch of One-Liners

"While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats." ― Mark Twain

Mark Twain’s quote: “When red-headed people are above a certain social grade, their hair is auburn.” | Image: AmoDays

"If you're betwixt and between, trust the one with red hair." ― O.R. Melling

"I am a redhead and was a tomboy for many years." ― Tiffany Darwish

"Natural redheads rock!" ― Stephanie Lahart

"Her heavy peasant face was fringed by a bang of red hair like a woolen table-spread, a color at once strange and attractive, an obstinate color, a color that seemed to make Lena feel something alien and bad-tempered had settled over her forehead..." ― Djuna Barnes

Lucy Maud Montgomery’s quote: "People who haven’t red hair don’t know what trouble is." | Image: AmoDays

While it can be fun to play around with the stereotypes of hair color, we need to be careful not to define people by the shade of their tresses. Countless blonde women are extremely intelligent, many with brown hair are the life of the party, and there are severely shy redheads.

It is important not to judge or make an assumption about anyone based on their outside appearance, whether it's their clothing, skin color, or body. That being said, sometimes, when it comes to our bodies, we are our own worst critics. If you're struggling to feel beautiful in your own skin, read these 69 body positivity quotes.