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title: "8 1950s Quotes By Sara Sheridan"
description: "8 1950s quotes by Sara Sheridan. Plus more from Sara Sheridan and more 1950s sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/sara-sheridan-1032_1950s_in-the-1950s-at-least-less-was-expected_165992.png"
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> [“In the 1950s at least less was expected of women. Now we're supposed to build a career, build a home, be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/in-the-1950s-at-least-less-was-expected-of-women-now-we-re-supposed/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/sara-sheridan-1032_1950s_in-the-1950s-at-least-less-was-expected_165992.png)

> [“He’s more a shape in a drape than a hep cat”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/he-s-more-a-shape-in-a-drape-than-a-hep-cat/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/sara-sheridan-1032_1950s_he-s-more-a-shape-in-a-drape-than-a-hep_469802.png)

> [“I'm drawn to the 1950s for lots of reasons - everything from the fashion to the increasing sense of freedom and modernity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/i-m-drawn-to-the-1950s-for-lots-of-reasons-everything-from-the/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/171/sara-sheridan-1032_1950s_i-m-drawn-to-the-1950s-for-lots-of-reaso_1312640.png)

> [Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/writing-about-the-1950s-has-given-me-tremendous-respect-for-my-mother/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/sara-sheridan-1032_1950s_writing-about-the-1950s-has-given-me-tre_1757505.png)

> [“The fifties is a decade when every year is markedly different from the one before and after. That doesn't happen every decade.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-fifties-is-a-decade-when-every-year-is-markedly-different-from/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/sara-sheridan-1032_1950s_the-fifties-is-a-decade-when-every-year_1926319.png)

> [The cosmetic industry really took off in the 1950s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-cosmetic-industry-really-took-off-in-the-1950s/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/sara-sheridan-1032_1950s_the-cosmetic-industry-really-took-off-in_2122677.png)

> [The world loves the 1950s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-world-loves-the-1950s/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/sara-sheridan-1032_1950s_the-world-loves-the-1950s-2948746_2948746.png)

> [“The 1950s is a key decade in the 20th Century. Each year has a distinctive flavour.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-1950s-is-a-key-decade-in-the-20th-century-each-year-has-a/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a4/sara-sheridan-1032_1950s_the-1950s-is-a-key-decade-in-the-20th-ce_3168992.png)

## More by Sara Sheridan

> [Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/everyone-assumes-writers-spend-their-time-lounging-around-writing-and/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“Kissing her is like drinking salted water, he thinks. His thirst only increases.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/kissing-her-is-like-drinking-salted-water-he-thinks-his-thirst-only/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/those-who-have-not-been-stung-will-hardly-fear-a-bee-the-same-as/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/we-are-in-the-middle-of-the-biggest-revolution-in-reading-and-writing/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-sky-was-a-sparkling-succession-of-black-diamonds-on-black-velvet/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“The bonds between a family are strange indeed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-bonds-between-a-family-are-strange-indeed/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/history-is-full-of-blank-spaces-but-good-stories-invariably-are-not/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland conglomeration of stinted opinion cloaked in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-mass-communications-that-could-enable-our-politics-for-good-have/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/i-ve-found-myself-moved-by-letters-and-diaries-in-archives-as-well-as/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/grabbing-readers-by-the-imagination-is-a-writer-s-job/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/as-an-historical-novelist-there-are-few-jobs-more-retrospective-i/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/crime-writers-i-ve-noticed-can-be-jumpy-they-live-in-a-world-where/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/the-writing-talent-of-edinburgh-is-textured-we-have-poets-novelists/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [“Communism,” I observed, “is a pile of wank.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/communism-i-observed-is-a-pile-of-wank/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

> [A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/a-word-out-of-place-or-an-interesting-choice-of-vocabulary-can-spawn/)

[Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/)

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