--- title: "18 Flappers Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 18 Flappers quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Flappers sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/foghorn-leghorn-13280_flappers_boy-you-cover-about-as-much-as-a-flapper_2905019.jpg" --- > [Boy, you cover about as much as a flappers skirt in a high wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/foghorn-leghorn/boy-you-cover-about-as-much-as-a-flappers-skirt-in-a-high-wind/) [Foghorn Leghorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/foghorn-leghorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/foghorn-leghorn-13280_flappers_boy-you-cover-about-as-much-as-a-flapper_2905019.jpg) > [“You could make people love you, she discovered, by keeping them entertained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-mackrell/you-could-make-people-love-you-she-discovered-by-keeping-them/) [Judith Mackrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-mackrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/judith-mackrell-64779_flappers_you-could-make-people-love-you-she-disco_1866270.jpg) > [Flappers sounds like where waitresses go after they're too old to work at Hooters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-romano/flappers-sounds-like-where-waitresses-go-after-they-re-too-old-to/) [Ray Romano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-romano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/ray-romano-3515_flappers_flappers-sounds-like-where-waitresses-go_1505355.jpg) > [“Right away I fell in love with him because he was so good looking. And because he was alone with ten women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-mackrell/right-away-i-fell-in-love-with-him-because-he-was-so-good-looking-and/) [Judith Mackrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-mackrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a34/judith-mackrell-64779_flappers_right-away-i-fell-in-love-with-him-becau_464425.jpg) > [Hot off the presses, today’s headlines: The love of your life does not approve of my wanton flapper ways,” Evie said in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/hot-off-the-presses-today-s-headlines-the-love-of-your-life-does-not/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/libba-bray-259_doe_hot-off-the-presses-today-s-headlines-th_587254.png) > [“And when the mood took her to fall for the handsome young lawyer Will Bankhead, she happily threw over the man to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-mackrell/and-when-the-mood-took-her-to-fall-for-the-handsome-young-lawyer-will/) [Judith Mackrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-mackrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04f/judith-mackrell-64779_flappers_and-when-the-mood-took-her-to-fall-for-t_2298887.jpg) > [I connected very much with all the work of Joan Crawford because she started as a flapper. She used to dance and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-bejo/i-connected-very-much-with-all-the-work-of-joan-crawford-because-she/) [Berenice Bejo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-bejo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/berenice-bejo-22029_connected_i-connected-very-much-with-all-the-work_1114343.jpg) > [“EFFERVESCENCE AND EVANESCENCE We've found this Scott Fitzgerald chap A chipper charming child; He's taught us how the flappers flap, And why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-preston/effervescence-and-evanescence-we-ve-found-this-scott-fitzgerald-chap/) [Keith Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-preston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/keith-preston-56860_f-scott-fitzgerald_effervescence-and-evanescence-we-ve-foun_2695690.jpg) > [ \[Film Loulou\] is about Loulou, a ghost from the 1920s. She was a flapper and she was a dancer, had kind of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boti-bliss/film-loulou-is-about-loulou-a-ghost-from-the-1920s-she-was-a-flapper/) [Boti Bliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boti-bliss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/boti-bliss-19945_bits_film-loulou-is-about-loulou-a-ghost-from_950796.jpg) > [ I'm drawn to intergenerational tension, and it must have been strong in the 1920s: I wondered how Louise's \[Brooks\] generation of flappers… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-moriarty/i-m-drawn-to-intergenerational-tension-and-it-must-have-been-strong/) [Laura Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-moriarty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/laura-moriarty-17531_age_i-m-drawn-to-intergenerational-tension-a_3004013.png) > [“So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/so-one-time-when-i-was-working-in-this-motel-one-of-the-toilets/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/barbara-kingsolver-200_balls_so-one-time-when-i-was-working-in-this-m_252619.jpg) > [What's really interesting is when you get a brand-new wave that has no connection to anything else. It always reflects society. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/what-s-really-interesting-is-when-you-get-a-brand-new-wave-that-has/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/annie-lennox-1546_brand-new_what-s-really-interesting-is-when-you-ge_2649155.jpg) > [Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in smart night clubs, gowned to the apex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/joan-crawford-is-doubtless-the-best-example-of-the-flapper-the-girl/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_apex_joan-crawford-is-doubtless-the-best-exam_2520934.jpg) > [“Girls had changed. They had liberated themselves from their corsets only to throw themselves at the tyranny of the "diet plan." They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-morton/girls-had-changed-they-had-liberated-themselves-from-their-corsets/) [Kate Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-morton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48a/kate-morton-805_change-life_girls-had-changed-they-had-liberated-the_640385.png) > [“Like I could take a nap at 4:15 p.m. and then I'll wake up twenty minutes later and have absolutely no clue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-showalter/like-i-could-take-a-nap-at-4-15-p-m-and-then-i-ll-wake-up-twenty/) [Michael Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/michael-showalter-14725_flappers_like-i-could-take-a-nap-at-4-15-p-m-and_590849.jpg) > [“WE’VE MISSED YOU, DOROTHY!” MISS LARSEN SAYS WHEN I return to school. “And my—a brand-new hairstyle!” I touch the top of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-baker-kline/we-ve-missed-you-dorothy-miss-larsen-says-when-i-return-to-school-and/) [Christina Baker Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-baker-kline/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/christina-baker-kline-1124_flappers_we-ve-missed-you-dorothy-miss-larsen-say_1939819.png) > [The Flapper awoke from her lethargy of sub-deb-ism, bobbed her hair, put on her choicest pair of earrings and a great deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zelda-fitzgerald/the-flapper-awoke-from-her-lethargy-of-sub-deb-ism-bobbed-her-hair/) [Zelda Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zelda-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/zelda-fitzgerald-4660_audacity_the-flapper-awoke-from-her-lethargy-of-s_2893116.jpg) > [“Scott had learned much about girls when he was courting Zelda: the paradoxical mix of dependency and disdain she felt for her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-mackrell/scott-had-learned-much-about-girls-when-he-was-courting-zelda-the/) [Judith Mackrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-mackrell/) 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Here’s what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: ‘Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.’ That’s kind of my philosophy about men. 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It always reflects society. The flappers would cut the dresses and make them looser, they smoked, their hair was short. It was a rebellion against the corset and the Edwardian era.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Annie Lennox" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/what-s-really-interesting-is-when-you-get-a-brand-new-wave-that-has/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/annie-lennox-1546_brand-new_what-s-really-interesting-is-when-you-ge_2649155.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/annie-lennox-1546_brand-new_what-s-really-interesting-is-when-you-ge_2649155.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/annie-lennox-1546_brand-new_what-s-really-interesting-is-when-you-ge_2649155.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What's really interesting is when you get a brand-new wave that has no connection to anything else. It…” — Annie Lennox", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in smart night clubs, gowned to the apex of sophistication, toying iced glasses with a remote, faintly bitter expression, dancing deliciously, laughing a great deal, with wide, hurt eyes. Young things with a talent for living.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "F. 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They had liberated themselves from their corsets only to throw themselves at the tyranny of the \"diet plan.\" They were all coltish legs, bound chests and smooth scalps. They no longer whispered behind their hands and hid behind shy glances. They joked and drank, smoked and swore with the boys. 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