Sweeney Todd Quotes: Notable Sayings from the Demon Barber

The history of the world, my sweet–is who gets eaten, and who gets to eat.

I’ll steal you, Johanna, I’ll steal you.

We all deserve to die.

This is my curse, the life that’s worsening.

She was a joy, I loved her, does that distract you from your pie?

There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit, and it’s filled with people who are filled with shit.

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd.

There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit and it’s filled with people who are filled with shit.

All the rage, all the vengence, hell’s hot kitchen will scent tonight.

No one’s in the chair, come on! We’re busy.

Leave it to me, trust me. What’s your rush?

There was another barber and his wife, and she was beautiful… like you.

These are desperate times, Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures must be taken.

I will have vengence. I will have salvation.

I feel you, Johanna. I feel you.

And I will never see Johanna, no I’ll never hug my girl to me.

Who gets to sell the beef, when we could be selling them instead?

You gandered at my ward, Johanna, you gandered at her!

Let them quake in their boots, Judge Turpin, for their doom is at hand.

Years ago, something happened up there. Something not very nice.

My mind is far from easy, in these unholy walls.

I will have vengeance. I will have salvation.

Never forget! Never forgive!

There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit and the vermin of the world inhabit it.

These are desperate times, Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for!

At last! My arm is complete.

We all deserve to die. Even you, Mrs. Lovett, even I.

You gandered at my ward, Johanna. You gandered at her. Yes, sir, you gandered!

There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit and it’s filled with people who are filled with s**t.

I feel you, Johanna. I feel you. I was half-convinced I’d waken, satisfied enough to dream you.

The history of the world, my sweet… is who gets eaten and who gets to eat.

No, not bark. Worse than bark. Biting.

There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit and the vermin of the world inhabit it.

And sir, it’s a wonder, your violin strings don’t snap under the strain.

My mind is far from easy, in these most uneasy times.

She was pure. As gold. I had her. She had me.

Wait! Is that a chair fit for a king. Just a few more moments, of a daylight?s dying glare.

So it?s home again, and home again, America for me! My heart is turning home again, and there I long to be?

I?ll steal you, Johanna, I?ll steal you. Do they think that walls can hide you?

I’ll soon you Vagabonds’s scalp. Take the first born lad. Ship him off to a life at sea.

There was a barber and his wife, and she was beautiful. A foolish barber and his wife. She was his reason and his life.