--- title: "Best 1920s Quotes" description: "Browse 72 1920s quotes by 69 authors. Discover the best 1920s sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/stephen-hawking-389_1920s_up-until-the-1920s-everyone-thought-the_1098004.jpg" --- > [Up until the 1920s, everyone thought the universe was essentially static and unchanging in time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/up-until-the-1920s-everyone-thought-the-universe-was-essentially/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/stephen-hawking-389_1920s_up-until-the-1920s-everyone-thought-the_1098004.jpg) > [I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-andrews/i-don-t-think-today-s-younger-audience-would-even-know-what-1920s/) [Julie Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/julie-andrews-1387_1920s_i-don-t-think-today-s-younger-audience-w_2867829.jpg) > [“She's a self-conscious vampire ... and she goes about using sex as a sort of shrimping net.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/she-s-a-self-conscious-vampire-and-she-goes-about-using-sex-as-a-sort/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/noel-coward-2647_1920s_she-s-a-self-conscious-vampire-and-she-g_915484.png) > [“In the 1920s, Jim Crow Mississippi was, in all facets of society, a kleptocracy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/in-the-1920s-jim-crow-mississippi-was-in-all-facets-of-society-a/) [Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ta-nehisi-coates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/ta-nehisi-coates-733_1920s_in-the-1920s-jim-crow-mississippi-was-in_565328.png) > [Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/jack-dempsey-and-i-became-friends-in-the-very-early-1920s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/anonymous-1_1920s_jack-dempsey-and-i-became-friends-in-the_2911192.jpg) > [“Why are you perpetuating a childhood you grew up despising?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-rodriguez/why-are-you-perpetuating-a-childhood-you-grew-up-despising/) [Mona Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-rodriguez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/mona-rodriguez-75254_1920s_why-are-you-perpetuating-a-childhood-you_1463533.jpg) > [I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/i-worked-hard-learning-harmony-and-theory-when-i-was-growing-up-in/) [Lionel Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-hampton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/lionel-hampton-30369_1920s_i-worked-hard-learning-harmony-and-theor_771667.jpg) > [“She sighs, breathing smoke through her lips. "Might as well dance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genevieve-valentine/she-sighs-breathing-smoke-through-her-lips-might-as-well-dance/) [Genevieve Valentine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genevieve-valentine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/genevieve-valentine-38266_1920s_she-sighs-breathing-smoke-through-her-li_2255077.png) > [I find more and more that I am a man of the 1920s. I still expect something exciting. Drinks, animated conversation, gaiety:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-wilson/i-find-more-and-more-that-i-am-a-man-of-the-1920s-i-still-expect/) [Edmund Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/edmund-wilson-14512_1920s_i-find-more-and-more-that-i-am-a-man-of_2281337.jpg) > [I've loved Alfred Cortot's playing from an early age, and I never tire of hearing his recordings, particularly Chopin and Schumann from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hough/i-ve-loved-alfred-cortot-s-playing-from-an-early-age-and-i-never-tire/) [Stephen Hough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/stephen-hough-6372_1920s_i-ve-loved-alfred-cortot-s-playing-from_572988.jpg) > [The United States created the best popular songs that were ever written, and from the 1920s to the 1940s, it was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/the-united-states-created-the-best-popular-songs-that-were-ever/) [Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/tony-bennett-4307_1920s_the-united-states-created-the-best-popul_403645.png) > [In the 1920s prohibition in the US notoriously failed to tackle alcohol use, led to lethal forms of liquor entering the black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-jones/in-the-1920s-prohibition-in-the-us-notoriously-failed-to-tackle/) [Owen Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/owen-jones-3992_1920s_in-the-1920s-prohibition-in-the-us-notor_1724756.jpg) > [It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-o-keeffe/it-was-in-the-1920s-when-nobody-had-time-to-reflect-that-i-saw-a/) [Georgia O'Keeffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-o-keeffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/georgia-o-keeffe-2763_1920s_it-was-in-the-1920s-when-nobody-had-time_2636077.png) > [Detroit in its heyday - let's say, 1920s to the '60s - was never a huge downtown-living thing. People lived in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-gilbert/detroit-in-its-heyday-let-s-say-1920s-to-the-60s-was-never-a-huge/) [Dan Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/dan-gilbert-8954_1920s_detroit-in-its-heyday-let-s-say-1920s-to_2752890.jpg) > [My favorite exhibition of all time was at The Met years ago, called 'Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-vogler/my-favorite-exhibition-of-all-time-was-at-the-met-years-ago-called/) [Jan Vogler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-vogler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/jan-vogler-33283_1920s_my-favorite-exhibition-of-all-time-was-a_1910481.jpg) > [A seersucker suit is one of the most iconic styles dating from the 1920s and is still a gentleman's best bet when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-stone/a-seersucker-suit-is-one-of-the-most-iconic-styles-dating-from-the/) [Roger Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/roger-stone-3555_1920s_a-seersucker-suit-is-one-of-the-most-ico_2317179.png) > [“The war was undoubtedly the most profound and inescapable influence on writers in the 1920s. But it was far from the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-brody/the-war-was-undoubtedly-the-most-profound-and-inescapable-influence/) [Paul Brody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-brody/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/paul-brody-73523_war_the-war-was-undoubtedly-the-most-profoun_2118477.jpg) > [What, after all, is the narrative of 'the American Dream?' It was a discourse formulated between the 1880s and the 1920s in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-wolf/what-after-all-is-the-narrative-of-the-american-dream-it-was-a/) [Naomi Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-wolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/naomi-wolf-1344_1920s_what-after-all-is-the-narrative-of-the-a_1323906.png) > [“The prosecutor uttered the party line that would distinguish revue from burlesque for the next thirty years. "The difference is movement. On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dita-von-teese/the-prosecutor-uttered-the-party-line-that-would-distinguish-revue/) [Dita Von Teese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dita-von-teese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/dita-von-teese-12145_1920s_the-prosecutor-uttered-the-party-line-th_173454.jpg) > [“(…) the New Woman of the 1920s boldly asserted her right to dance, drink, smoke, and date—to work her own property, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-zeitz/the-new-woman-of-the-1920s-boldly-asserted-her-right-to-dance-drink/) [Joshua Zeitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-zeitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/joshua-zeitz-60764_live-free_the-new-woman-of-the-1920s-boldly-assert_971466.jpg) > [“The picnic table in the photo was an old door set up on sawhorses, and the seats were old tree stumps, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-addison-allen/the-picnic-table-in-the-photo-was-an-old-door-set-up-on-sawhorses-and/) [Sarah Addison Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-addison-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/sarah-addison-allen-810_1920s_the-picnic-table-in-the-photo-was-an-old_1711121.jpg) > [“But you just watch, little girl. I'm goin' to show 'em. In five years they'll come crawlin' to me on their bellies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dos-passos/but-you-just-watch-little-girl-i-m-goin-to-show-em-in-five-years-they/) [John Dos Passos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dos-passos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/john-dos-passos-3598_1920s_but-you-just-watch-little-girl-i-m-goin_1003231.jpg) > [By the mid 1920s the typical American town was in full sexual bloom. The change came with erotic fashions, literature and movies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-leo/by-the-mid-1920s-the-typical-american-town-was-in-full-sexual-bloom/) [John Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-leo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a23/john-leo-26447_1920s_by-the-mid-1920s-the-typical-american-to_2583371.jpg) > [Many Catholic parishes were segregated prior to the Civil Rights movement, and the first large contingent of African-American Catholic priests would enter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthea-butler/many-catholic-parishes-were-segregated-prior-to-the-civil-rights/) [Anthea Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthea-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/anthea-butler-7679_1920s_many-catholic-parishes-were-segregated-p_2311215.jpg) > [“Its magnificence was indescribable, and its magnitude was inconceivable. She felt overwhelmed in the presence of its greatness. Pg 87”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-rodriguez-forty-years-in-a-day/its-magnificence-was-indescribable-and-its-magnitude-was/) [Mona Rodriguez FORTY YEARS IN A DAY](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-rodriguez-forty-years-in-a-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/mona-rodriguez-forty-years-in_1920s_its-magnificence-was-indescribable-and-i_3077019.jpg) > [“After endless cajoling, rationalizing, ego stroking, and outright begging—all to no avail—Isa decided that what Marco didn’t know wouldn’t hurt him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margarita-barresi/after-endless-cajoling-rationalizing-ego-stroking-and-outright/) [Margarita Barresi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margarita-barresi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/margarita-barresi-65488_1920s_after-endless-cajoling-rationalizing-ego_2615787.jpg) > [In the course of the 1920s and 1930s, great progress was made in the study of the intermediary reactions by which sugar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-adolf-krebs/in-the-course-of-the-1920s-and-1930s-great-progress-was-made-in-the/) [Hans Adolf Krebs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-adolf-krebs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/hans-adolf-krebs-66900_1920s_in-the-course-of-the-1920s-and-1930s-gre_406087.jpg) > [From the 1920s through to the 1970s, bridal was related to the fashion of the times. Then in the 1980s, it became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-packham/from-the-1920s-through-to-the-1970s-bridal-was-related-to-the-fashion/) [Jenny Packham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-packham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/jenny-packham-7834_1920s_from-the-1920s-through-to-the-1970s-brid_1744470.jpg) > [“She murmured, “I love the imagery of Sappho, the warm summer air across the velvety darkness, the lover between love’s thighs.” She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-a-myers/she-murmured-i-love-the-imagery-of-sappho-the-warm-summer-air-across/) [Paul A. Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-a-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/paul-a-myers-60935_1920s_she-murmured-i-love-the-imagery-of-sapph_3135478.jpg) > [In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators and stock pools. These people had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-chernow/in-the-1920s-wall-street-was-a-world-that-was-really-dominated-by/) [Ron Chernow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-chernow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/ron-chernow-1189_1920s_in-the-1920s-wall-street-was-a-world-tha_1496906.jpg) > [My great-grandmother was in one of the first girl bands, in the 1920s. Their outfits were mental: velvet bloomers with big ribbons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisy-lowe/my-great-grandmother-was-in-one-of-the-first-girl-bands-in-the-1920s/) [Daisy Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisy-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/daisy-lowe-5740_1920s_my-great-grandmother-was-in-one-of-the-f_1315216.jpg) > [Broccoli is not a Chinese vegetable; in fact, it is originally an Italian vegetable. It was introduced into the United States in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-lee/broccoli-is-not-a-chinese-vegetable-in-fact-it-is-originally-an/) [Jennifer Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/jennifer-lee-14174_1920s_broccoli-is-not-a-chinese-vegetable-in-f_1240365.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1920s/#itemlist", "name": "1920s Quotes", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Up until the 1920s, everyone thought the universe was essentially static and unchanging in time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Hawking" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/up-until-the-1920s-everyone-thought-the-universe-was-essentially/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/stephen-hawking-389_1920s_up-until-the-1920s-everyone-thought-the_1098004.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/stephen-hawking-389_1920s_up-until-the-1920s-everyone-thought-the_1098004.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/stephen-hawking-389_1920s_up-until-the-1920s-everyone-thought-the_1098004.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Up until the 1920s, everyone thought the universe was essentially static and unchanging in time.” — Stephen Hawking", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julie Andrews" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-andrews/i-don-t-think-today-s-younger-audience-would-even-know-what-1920s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/julie-andrews-1387_1920s_i-don-t-think-today-s-younger-audience-w_2867829.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/julie-andrews-1387_1920s_i-don-t-think-today-s-younger-audience-w_2867829.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/julie-andrews-1387_1920s_i-don-t-think-today-s-younger-audience-w_2867829.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.” — Julie Andrews", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She's a self-conscious vampire ... and she goes about using sex as a sort of shrimping net.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noel Coward" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/she-s-a-self-conscious-vampire-and-she-goes-about-using-sex-as-a-sort/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/noel-coward-2647_1920s_she-s-a-self-conscious-vampire-and-she-g_915484.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/noel-coward-2647_1920s_she-s-a-self-conscious-vampire-and-she-g_915484.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/noel-coward-2647_1920s_she-s-a-self-conscious-vampire-and-she-g_915484.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She's a self-conscious vampire ... and she goes about using sex as a sort of shrimping net.” — Noel Coward", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the 1920s, Jim Crow Mississippi was, in all facets of society, a kleptocracy.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ta-Nehisi Coates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ta-nehisi-coates/in-the-1920s-jim-crow-mississippi-was-in-all-facets-of-society-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/ta-nehisi-coates-733_1920s_in-the-1920s-jim-crow-mississippi-was-in_565328.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/ta-nehisi-coates-733_1920s_in-the-1920s-jim-crow-mississippi-was-in_565328.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/ta-nehisi-coates-733_1920s_in-the-1920s-jim-crow-mississippi-was-in_565328.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the 1920s, Jim Crow Mississippi was, in all facets of society, a kleptocracy.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/jack-dempsey-and-i-became-friends-in-the-very-early-1920s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/anonymous-1_1920s_jack-dempsey-and-i-became-friends-in-the_2911192.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/anonymous-1_1920s_jack-dempsey-and-i-became-friends-in-the_2911192.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/anonymous-1_1920s_jack-dempsey-and-i-became-friends-in-the_2911192.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why are you perpetuating a childhood you grew up despising?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mona Rodriguez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-rodriguez/why-are-you-perpetuating-a-childhood-you-grew-up-despising/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/mona-rodriguez-75254_1920s_why-are-you-perpetuating-a-childhood-you_1463533.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/mona-rodriguez-75254_1920s_why-are-you-perpetuating-a-childhood-you_1463533.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/mona-rodriguez-75254_1920s_why-are-you-perpetuating-a-childhood-you_1463533.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why are you perpetuating a childhood you grew up despising?” — Mona Rodriguez", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lionel Hampton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-hampton/i-worked-hard-learning-harmony-and-theory-when-i-was-growing-up-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/lionel-hampton-30369_1920s_i-worked-hard-learning-harmony-and-theor_771667.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/lionel-hampton-30369_1920s_i-worked-hard-learning-harmony-and-theor_771667.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/lionel-hampton-30369_1920s_i-worked-hard-learning-harmony-and-theor_771667.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.” — Lionel Hampton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She sighs, breathing smoke through her lips. \"Might as well dance.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Genevieve Valentine" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genevieve-valentine/she-sighs-breathing-smoke-through-her-lips-might-as-well-dance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/genevieve-valentine-38266_1920s_she-sighs-breathing-smoke-through-her-li_2255077.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/genevieve-valentine-38266_1920s_she-sighs-breathing-smoke-through-her-li_2255077.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/genevieve-valentine-38266_1920s_she-sighs-breathing-smoke-through-her-li_2255077.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She sighs, breathing smoke through her lips. \"Might as well dance.” — Genevieve Valentine", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I find more and more that I am a man of the 1920s. I still expect something exciting. Drinks, animated conversation, gaiety: the uninhibited exchange of ideas.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edmund Wilson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-wilson/i-find-more-and-more-that-i-am-a-man-of-the-1920s-i-still-expect/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/edmund-wilson-14512_1920s_i-find-more-and-more-that-i-am-a-man-of_2281337.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/edmund-wilson-14512_1920s_i-find-more-and-more-that-i-am-a-man-of_2281337.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/edmund-wilson-14512_1920s_i-find-more-and-more-that-i-am-a-man-of_2281337.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I find more and more that I am a man of the 1920s. I still expect something exciting. Drinks, animated…” — Edmund Wilson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've loved Alfred Cortot's playing from an early age, and I never tire of hearing his recordings, particularly Chopin and Schumann from the 1920s and '30s.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Hough" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hough/i-ve-loved-alfred-cortot-s-playing-from-an-early-age-and-i-never-tire/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/stephen-hough-6372_1920s_i-ve-loved-alfred-cortot-s-playing-from_572988.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/stephen-hough-6372_1920s_i-ve-loved-alfred-cortot-s-playing-from_572988.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/stephen-hough-6372_1920s_i-ve-loved-alfred-cortot-s-playing-from_572988.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've loved Alfred Cortot's playing from an early age, and I never tire of hearing his recordings…” — Stephen Hough", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The United States created the best popular songs that were ever written, and from the 1920s to the 1940s, it was a renaissance period. It stopped in 1950.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Bennett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/the-united-states-created-the-best-popular-songs-that-were-ever/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/tony-bennett-4307_1920s_the-united-states-created-the-best-popul_403645.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/tony-bennett-4307_1920s_the-united-states-created-the-best-popul_403645.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/tony-bennett-4307_1920s_the-united-states-created-the-best-popul_403645.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The United States created the best popular songs that were ever written, and from the 1920s to the 1940s, it…” — Tony Bennett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the 1920s prohibition in the US notoriously failed to tackle alcohol use, led to lethal forms of liquor entering the black market, fuelled organised crime and its associated violence, and wasted public money.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Owen Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-jones/in-the-1920s-prohibition-in-the-us-notoriously-failed-to-tackle/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/owen-jones-3992_1920s_in-the-1920s-prohibition-in-the-us-notor_1724756.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/owen-jones-3992_1920s_in-the-1920s-prohibition-in-the-us-notor_1724756.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/owen-jones-3992_1920s_in-the-1920s-prohibition-in-the-us-notor_1724756.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the 1920s prohibition in the US notoriously failed to tackle alcohol use, led to lethal forms of liquor…” — Owen Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Georgia O'Keeffe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-o-keeffe/it-was-in-the-1920s-when-nobody-had-time-to-reflect-that-i-saw-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/georgia-o-keeffe-2763_1920s_it-was-in-the-1920s-when-nobody-had-time_2636077.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/georgia-o-keeffe-2763_1920s_it-was-in-the-1920s-when-nobody-had-time_2636077.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/georgia-o-keeffe-2763_1920s_it-was-in-the-1920s-when-nobody-had-time_2636077.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that…” — Georgia O'Keeffe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Detroit in its heyday - let's say, 1920s to the '60s - was never a huge downtown-living thing. People lived in the neighborhoods.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dan Gilbert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-gilbert/detroit-in-its-heyday-let-s-say-1920s-to-the-60s-was-never-a-huge/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/dan-gilbert-8954_1920s_detroit-in-its-heyday-let-s-say-1920s-to_2752890.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/dan-gilbert-8954_1920s_detroit-in-its-heyday-let-s-say-1920s-to_2752890.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/dan-gilbert-8954_1920s_detroit-in-its-heyday-let-s-say-1920s-to_2752890.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Detroit in its heyday - let's say, 1920s to the '60s - was never a huge downtown-living thing. People lived…” — Dan Gilbert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My favorite exhibition of all time was at The Met years ago, called 'Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s.'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jan Vogler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-vogler/my-favorite-exhibition-of-all-time-was-at-the-met-years-ago-called/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/jan-vogler-33283_1920s_my-favorite-exhibition-of-all-time-was-a_1910481.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/jan-vogler-33283_1920s_my-favorite-exhibition-of-all-time-was-a_1910481.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/jan-vogler-33283_1920s_my-favorite-exhibition-of-all-time-was-a_1910481.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My favorite exhibition of all time was at The Met years ago, called 'Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from…” — Jan Vogler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A seersucker suit is one of the most iconic styles dating from the 1920s and is still a gentleman's best bet when it's hot and sticky.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roger Stone" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-stone/a-seersucker-suit-is-one-of-the-most-iconic-styles-dating-from-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/roger-stone-3555_1920s_a-seersucker-suit-is-one-of-the-most-ico_2317179.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/roger-stone-3555_1920s_a-seersucker-suit-is-one-of-the-most-ico_2317179.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/roger-stone-3555_1920s_a-seersucker-suit-is-one-of-the-most-ico_2317179.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A seersucker suit is one of the most iconic styles dating from the 1920s and is still a gentleman's best bet…” — Roger Stone", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The war was undoubtedly the most profound and inescapable influence on writers in the 1920s. But it was far from the only influence. Social, political and aesthetic developments were percolating throughout the first part of the 20th century. In Paris,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Brody" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-brody/the-war-was-undoubtedly-the-most-profound-and-inescapable-influence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/paul-brody-73523_war_the-war-was-undoubtedly-the-most-profoun_2118477.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/paul-brody-73523_war_the-war-was-undoubtedly-the-most-profoun_2118477.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/paul-brody-73523_war_the-war-was-undoubtedly-the-most-profoun_2118477.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The war was undoubtedly the most profound and inescapable influence on writers in the 1920s. But it was far…” — Paul Brody", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What, after all, is the narrative of 'the American Dream?' It was a discourse formulated between the 1880s and the 1920s in the United States during the great waves of migration and expansion and reforms of the Progressive Era.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Naomi Wolf" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-wolf/what-after-all-is-the-narrative-of-the-american-dream-it-was-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/naomi-wolf-1344_1920s_what-after-all-is-the-narrative-of-the-a_1323906.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/naomi-wolf-1344_1920s_what-after-all-is-the-narrative-of-the-a_1323906.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/naomi-wolf-1344_1920s_what-after-all-is-the-narrative-of-the-a_1323906.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What, after all, is the narrative of 'the American Dream?' It was a discourse formulated between the 1880s…” — Naomi Wolf", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The prosecutor uttered the party line that would distinguish revue from burlesque for the next thirty years. \"The difference is movement. On Broadway, unadorned female figures are used to artistic advantage in tableaux. They do not move.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dita Von Teese" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dita-von-teese/the-prosecutor-uttered-the-party-line-that-would-distinguish-revue/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/dita-von-teese-12145_1920s_the-prosecutor-uttered-the-party-line-th_173454.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/dita-von-teese-12145_1920s_the-prosecutor-uttered-the-party-line-th_173454.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/dita-von-teese-12145_1920s_the-prosecutor-uttered-the-party-line-th_173454.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The prosecutor uttered the party line that would distinguish revue from burlesque for the next thirty years…” — Dita Von Teese", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“(…) the New Woman of the 1920s boldly asserted her right to dance, drink, smoke, and date—to work her own property, to live free of the strictures that governed her mother’s generation. (…) She flouted Victorian-era conventions and scandalized her parents. In many ways, she controlled her own destiny.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joshua Zeitz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-zeitz/the-new-woman-of-the-1920s-boldly-asserted-her-right-to-dance-drink/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/joshua-zeitz-60764_live-free_the-new-woman-of-the-1920s-boldly-assert_971466.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/joshua-zeitz-60764_live-free_the-new-woman-of-the-1920s-boldly-assert_971466.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/joshua-zeitz-60764_live-free_the-new-woman-of-the-1920s-boldly-assert_971466.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“(…) the New Woman of the 1920s boldly asserted her right to dance, drink, smoke, and date—to work her own…” — Joshua Zeitz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The picnic table in the photo was an old door set up on sawhorses, and the seats were old tree stumps, or maybe thick pieces of firewood, topped with square cushions. Six men were sitting there, not looking at the camera, but at the beautiful woman with long, dark hair, almost to her waist, standing at the head of the table. She was smiling, her arms outstretched, as if welcoming everyone to her world. The apple tree in the background, just barely visible, was stretching a single limb out to her, as if wanting to be in the photo with her. Even it looked a little in love with her.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Addison Allen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-addison-allen/the-picnic-table-in-the-photo-was-an-old-door-set-up-on-sawhorses-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/sarah-addison-allen-810_1920s_the-picnic-table-in-the-photo-was-an-old_1711121.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/sarah-addison-allen-810_1920s_the-picnic-table-in-the-photo-was-an-old_1711121.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/sarah-addison-allen-810_1920s_the-picnic-table-in-the-photo-was-an-old_1711121.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The picnic table in the photo was an old door set up on sawhorses, and the seats were old tree stumps, or…” — Sarah Addison Allen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But you just watch, little girl. I'm goin' to show 'em. In five years they'll come crawlin' to me on their bellies. I don't know what it is, but I got a kind of feel for the big money.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Dos Passos" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dos-passos/but-you-just-watch-little-girl-i-m-goin-to-show-em-in-five-years-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/john-dos-passos-3598_1920s_but-you-just-watch-little-girl-i-m-goin_1003231.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/john-dos-passos-3598_1920s_but-you-just-watch-little-girl-i-m-goin_1003231.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/john-dos-passos-3598_1920s_but-you-just-watch-little-girl-i-m-goin_1003231.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But you just watch, little girl. I'm goin' to show 'em. In five years they'll come crawlin' to me on their…” — John Dos Passos", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 23, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "By the mid 1920s the typical American town was in full sexual bloom. The change came with erotic fashions, literature and movies, and an unsuspected sexual aid, the automobile.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Leo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-leo/by-the-mid-1920s-the-typical-american-town-was-in-full-sexual-bloom/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a23/john-leo-26447_1920s_by-the-mid-1920s-the-typical-american-to_2583371.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a23/john-leo-26447_1920s_by-the-mid-1920s-the-typical-american-to_2583371.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a23/john-leo-26447_1920s_by-the-mid-1920s-the-typical-american-to_2583371.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“By the mid 1920s the typical American town was in full sexual bloom. The change came with erotic fashions…” — John Leo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 24, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Many Catholic parishes were segregated prior to the Civil Rights movement, and the first large contingent of African-American Catholic priests would enter into the seminary in the 1920s.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthea Butler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthea-butler/many-catholic-parishes-were-segregated-prior-to-the-civil-rights/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/anthea-butler-7679_1920s_many-catholic-parishes-were-segregated-p_2311215.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/anthea-butler-7679_1920s_many-catholic-parishes-were-segregated-p_2311215.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/anthea-butler-7679_1920s_many-catholic-parishes-were-segregated-p_2311215.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Many Catholic parishes were segregated prior to the Civil Rights movement, and the first large contingent of…” — Anthea Butler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 25, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Its magnificence was indescribable, and its magnitude was inconceivable. She felt overwhelmed in the presence of its greatness. Pg 87”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mona Rodriguez FORTY YEARS IN A DAY" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-rodriguez-forty-years-in-a-day/its-magnificence-was-indescribable-and-its-magnitude-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/mona-rodriguez-forty-years-in_1920s_its-magnificence-was-indescribable-and-i_3077019.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/mona-rodriguez-forty-years-in_1920s_its-magnificence-was-indescribable-and-i_3077019.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/mona-rodriguez-forty-years-in_1920s_its-magnificence-was-indescribable-and-i_3077019.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Its magnificence was indescribable, and its magnitude was inconceivable. She felt overwhelmed in the…” — Mona Rodriguez FORTY YEARS IN A DAY", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“After endless cajoling, rationalizing, ego stroking, and outright begging—all to no avail—Isa decided that what Marco didn’t know wouldn’t hurt him.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Margarita Barresi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margarita-barresi/after-endless-cajoling-rationalizing-ego-stroking-and-outright/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/margarita-barresi-65488_1920s_after-endless-cajoling-rationalizing-ego_2615787.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/margarita-barresi-65488_1920s_after-endless-cajoling-rationalizing-ego_2615787.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/margarita-barresi-65488_1920s_after-endless-cajoling-rationalizing-ego_2615787.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“After endless cajoling, rationalizing, ego stroking, and outright begging—all to no avail—Isa decided that…” — Margarita Barresi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 27, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the course of the 1920s and 1930s, great progress was made in the study of the intermediary reactions by which sugar is anaerobically fermented to lactic acid or to ethanol and carbon dioxide.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hans Adolf Krebs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-adolf-krebs/in-the-course-of-the-1920s-and-1930s-great-progress-was-made-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/hans-adolf-krebs-66900_1920s_in-the-course-of-the-1920s-and-1930s-gre_406087.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/hans-adolf-krebs-66900_1920s_in-the-course-of-the-1920s-and-1930s-gre_406087.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/hans-adolf-krebs-66900_1920s_in-the-course-of-the-1920s-and-1930s-gre_406087.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the course of the 1920s and 1930s, great progress was made in the study of the intermediary reactions by…” — Hans Adolf Krebs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 28, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "From the 1920s through to the 1970s, bridal was related to the fashion of the times. Then in the 1980s, it became more historical, decadent, and ornate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jenny Packham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-packham/from-the-1920s-through-to-the-1970s-bridal-was-related-to-the-fashion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/jenny-packham-7834_1920s_from-the-1920s-through-to-the-1970s-brid_1744470.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/jenny-packham-7834_1920s_from-the-1920s-through-to-the-1970s-brid_1744470.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/jenny-packham-7834_1920s_from-the-1920s-through-to-the-1970s-brid_1744470.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“From the 1920s through to the 1970s, bridal was related to the fashion of the times. Then in the 1980s, it…” — Jenny Packham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 29, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She murmured, “I love the imagery of Sappho, the warm summer air across the velvety darkness, the lover between love’s thighs.” She stayed quiet a moment. “But it takes a man’s kiss to put the fire to the metaphor.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul A. Myers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-a-myers/she-murmured-i-love-the-imagery-of-sappho-the-warm-summer-air-across/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/paul-a-myers-60935_1920s_she-murmured-i-love-the-imagery-of-sapph_3135478.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/paul-a-myers-60935_1920s_she-murmured-i-love-the-imagery-of-sapph_3135478.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/paul-a-myers-60935_1920s_she-murmured-i-love-the-imagery-of-sapph_3135478.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She murmured, “I love the imagery of Sappho, the warm summer air across the velvety darkness, the lover…” — Paul A. Myers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 30, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators and stock pools. These people had a monopoly over information.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Chernow" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-chernow/in-the-1920s-wall-street-was-a-world-that-was-really-dominated-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/ron-chernow-1189_1920s_in-the-1920s-wall-street-was-a-world-tha_1496906.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/ron-chernow-1189_1920s_in-the-1920s-wall-street-was-a-world-tha_1496906.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/ron-chernow-1189_1920s_in-the-1920s-wall-street-was-a-world-tha_1496906.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators and stock pools…” — Ron Chernow", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 31, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My great-grandmother was in one of the first girl bands, in the 1920s. Their outfits were mental: velvet bloomers with big ribbons and headpieces. They were brilliant.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daisy Lowe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisy-lowe/my-great-grandmother-was-in-one-of-the-first-girl-bands-in-the-1920s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/daisy-lowe-5740_1920s_my-great-grandmother-was-in-one-of-the-f_1315216.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/daisy-lowe-5740_1920s_my-great-grandmother-was-in-one-of-the-f_1315216.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/daisy-lowe-5740_1920s_my-great-grandmother-was-in-one-of-the-f_1315216.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My great-grandmother was in one of the first girl bands, in the 1920s. Their outfits were mental: velvet…” — Daisy Lowe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 32, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Broccoli is not a Chinese vegetable; in fact, it is originally an Italian vegetable. It was introduced into the United States in the 1800s, but became popularized in the 1920s and the 1930s.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jennifer Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-lee/broccoli-is-not-a-chinese-vegetable-in-fact-it-is-originally-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/jennifer-lee-14174_1920s_broccoli-is-not-a-chinese-vegetable-in-f_1240365.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/jennifer-lee-14174_1920s_broccoli-is-not-a-chinese-vegetable-in-f_1240365.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/jennifer-lee-14174_1920s_broccoli-is-not-a-chinese-vegetable-in-f_1240365.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Broccoli is not a Chinese vegetable; in fact, it is originally an Italian vegetable. It was introduced into…” — Jennifer Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1920s/page/2/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1920s/page/2/", "name": "1920s Quotes · Page 2", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1920s/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/stephen-hawking-389_1920s_up-until-the-1920s-everyone-thought-the_1098004.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 72 1920s quotes by 69 authors. Discover the best 1920s sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1920s/page/2/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1920s/page/2/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Zz 1920s Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1920s/page/2/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```