1930s Quotes

87 1930s quotes by 85 unique authors

You're about to meet a new great dame of crime fiction in Death Was the Other Woman. Linda L. Richards does a stunning job in… — Linda Fairstein
My father died in 1930, but if you told him or anybody almost in that time that you'd be able to sit back in England… — Desmond Llewelyn
I had a great time making the last movie, 'Eclipse.' We shot my back-story stuff from the 1930's. But I was waiting for 'Breaking Dawn'… — Nikki Reed
Is it possible that the environmental severity of the 1930s induced-particularly in the most aware, alert, and compassionate of [British] men-a morality which makes no… — Robert Ardrey
For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole,… — Barry Eichengreen
Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that… — Barry Eichengreen
I wrote my graduate thesis at New York University on hard-boiled fiction from the 1930s and 1940s, so, for about two years, I read nothing… — Megan Abbott
My grandmother was a minister as well, which was not that common in the 1930s. — Colin Firth
In 1930 I became a member of the Reichstag. — Hans Frank
The crisis of the 1930s and the populist reactions of that time must not be forgotten. — King Albert II
I went to Princeton in the fall of 1930 as a half-time instructor. — Stephen Cole Kleene
Indeed, the FHA was born out of the Great Depression, which was also caused in significant part by a foreclosure crisis. Mortgages in the early… — Mark Zandi
The anarchist is dressed all in black. In the dark you can only see his eyes. It dates from the 1930's. Porky Pig is a… — Thomas Pynchon
George Bush is by American standards rabidly Upper Class - Eastern, Socially Attractive, WASP, 19th-century money, several generations of Andover and Yale (and, while we're… — Peter York
In the 1930s one was aware of two great evils - mass unemployment and the threat of war. — James Meade
Vaccination programs were instituted in the late 1930s, and the first handful of autistic babies were noted in the early 1940s. When vaccination programs were… — Harris L Coulter
There are three great international team sports in Australia: cricket, rugby (two codes), and Pom-bashing. But the greatest of these is the last, and it… — Simon Barnes
The least-bad scenario is a hard landing, global recession worse than the 1930s. The worst-case borrows from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: war, famine,… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes
Once supply begins to dwindle, the years to follow will see shortages that at best will cause global recession, possibly worse than the 1930s Great… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes
The 1930s - a Golden Age for American humor, mainly because everything else was going so badly. The wisecrack was the basic American sentence because… — Wilfrid Sheed
In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots… — Mary Garden
My grandmother was energetic and fearless - a talented poet and songwriter. She was also interested in chemistry and history and medicine, taking care of… — Salma Hayek
I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since the… — Hugh Hefner
Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known… — Hubert H. Humphrey
I love deep cleavage on the foot. It reminds me of Berlin in 1930s, 'Cabaret.' — Christian Louboutin

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