I get quite excited about things other people have worn. I…

“If we do not stop these mar-makers not,...it will soon be too late. We are the only nation that can halt this crusade. It…

— James Aldridge

The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.

— Rachel Roy

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common…

— Gene Tierney

The United States created the best popular songs that were ever written, and from the 1920s to the 1940s, it was a renaissance period.…

— Tony Bennett

“I Have Fought the Good Fight and Won”

— Carmen J Viglucci

One of the fine moments in 1940s film is no longer than a blink: Bogart, as he crosses the street from one bookstore to…

— Manny Farber

If I'd been an actor in the 1940s, I would have been in fashion.

— Rachael Stirling

My grandmother got into this business in the 1940s, so it's all I've ever known. So I've seen a lot of wrestling.

— Jeff Jarrett

In the middle 1940s... I heard everyone live. Painting, the theater; everything was happening. It was an exciting time when New York was the…

— Bill Dixon

“Rick and Scotty, who had heard Australian slang before from Digger Sears, one-time mate of the Tarpon, broke into chuckles. "I'd better translate," Scotty…

— John Blaine

'Hugo' is made in the classical style of the 1940s.

— Howard Shore

I grew up in austerity in the 1940s and 1950s.

— David Hockney

In the 1940s, about 20% of people in the U.S. had graduated from high school, but less than 5% continued their education to get…

— Peter Diamandis

When I listen to music from different eras, I sense different things. The 1940s music, there's so much optimism and romance, maybe because they…

— Eric Betzig

I find the 1940s very compelling. It is a very excitable period in the U.S. when, whether out of necessity or not, everybody was…

— Amy Bloom