Decade Quotes · Page 7

The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways.

— Paul Kantner

I went through bits of the 60s and thought myself a bit of a hippy.

— Julie Walters

In a lot of places, of course, the '80s had never really come to an end.

— Nick Harkaway

I love the idea of the Swinging Sixties in London.

— Debra Stephenson

I love '70s organic architecture. I am very influenced by the time when I grew up.

— Alexandre de Betak

I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.

— Annie Leibovitz

I probably did pack a lifetime's work into the 1980s.

— John Lloyd

1984 is such an iconic, loaded year in so many ways.

— Panos Cosmatos

If you were born in the 90's The best P.E. lessons involved a rainbow colored parachute...

— Brandon Martin

I was an avid reader of futurists during the 1970s and '80s. They were so wrong - about everything.

— Hermann E. Ott

I think the first decade of this century is going to be remembered as a time of extremism.

— David Eagleman

How much obesity has to be created in a single decade for people to realize that diet has to be responsible for…

— Robert Atkins

As far as a defining moment, that was a hugely successful and very busy time for me. 1975, 1976, 1977 - that whole time frame.

— Gary Wright

Thank God I'm an 80's baby and was born in a decent era, and have an indescribable mindset.

— Anonymous

“I’m in the Just Under A Decade club. That’s how long it took me to get a four-year degree.”

— Jarod Kintz

I remember, when I was a kid in the '70s and '80s, the '50s were really cool. And then the '60s were…

— Henry Thomas

In '08, Barrack Obama was famously elected president. Even though I'd supported McCain and dreaded what I feared Barrack might do, I…

— Orson Bean

We began our 'Luxe Life' and 'Vegas DeLuxe daily columns' not long after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and we've spent a decade…

— Robin Leach

After 2003, we lowered taxes across the board. And by 2004, revenue to the federal government grew. In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan…

— Pat Toomey

A definite highlight was doing 'The Brothers McMullen.' Shooting that movie was such a joy - and then we wound up winning…

— Connie Britton

I lived in China for 9 years straight. I saw how my Chinese friends benefited and gained much more freedom to determine…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I was very surprised how many people were earnestly reminiscing about the '80s. It's such a stupid thing to do, like, to…

— Michael Ian Black

Liverpool really ever since I can remember, but anyway in the '50s and '60s was always a place where people were potentially…

— Derek Taylor

I've been blogging since the 80s. Okay maybe not that long. But starting around 2004, I launched and abandoned many blogs, and…

— Sarah Cooper

How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I don't even remember any of it?

— Douglas Coupland

In the Sixties, you needed talent to make it.

— Cilla Black

We have enough experiences in a day to make art for a decade.

— Eric Maisel

I became somewhat reclusive during a period of time in the '80s.

— Corey Hart

I have written periodically for the Guardian for more than a decade.

— Michael Wolff

I don't even remember what happened from 1968 to 1972.

— B. J. Thomas

“I once got a handjob from a glove. I miss the 80s.”

— Jarod Kintz

I sort of don't remember anything I did in the '70s.

— Cassandra Peterson

There's a lot of dark stuff from the '80s that we don't think about.

— Brian K. Vaughan

If you look at the last decade of global temperature, it's not increasing.

— John Barnes

In the '80s, all the movies became predictable.

— Dean Devlin

Though written in the 1970s, 'Falling Angel' is firmly set in 1959.

— Sarah Weinman

I really like the relaxed glamour of the '70s.

— Rashida Jones

In the 50s and early 60s, community was incredibly important to people.

— Rita Tushingham

I was very, very lucky to spend my youth during the '60s.

— Dave Clark

To be a woman in your forties, I think it's a fantastic decade.

— Gwyneth Paltrow