Nostalgia Quotes

322 Nostalgia quotes by 255 unique authors

Americans continue to visit Paris not just for Paris, but for ‘Paris.’ As if out of some collective nostalgia for what Paris should be, more… — Rosecrans Baldwin
[As a screenwriter] I have a sense of exile from thought, a nostalgia of the quiet room and balanced mind. I am a writer, and… — Raymond Chandler
That's kind of a nostalgia thing. Nirvana was my first favorite band, in third or fourth grade. Then I got out of them. But one… — Girl Talk
Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation. — Paul Getty
I've become convinced that nostalgia is a fundamentally unhealthy modality. When you see it, it's usually attached to something else that's really, seriously bad. I… — William Gibson
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. — Andre Gide
There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left. — David Guterson
Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose a future for… — Julio Cortazar
Our culture's obsession with vintage objects has rendered us unable to separate history from nostalgia. People want heart. They want a chaser of emotion with… — Sloane Crosley
Today, nostalgia is almost as unacceptable as racism. — Terry Eagleton
Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in the eye, the tug… — Bil Keane
A society that has made 'nostalgia' a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any… — Christopher Lasch
Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear? — Jack London
Nostalgia is a powerful feeling; it can drown out anything. — Terrence Malick
You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia. — George McGovern
My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and… — Jeanne Moreau
Nostalgia is when you want things to stay the same. I know so many people staying in the same place. — Jeanne Moreau
I am a woman with absolutely no sense of nostalgia. — Jeanne Moreau
I don't think nostalgia has to be negative. — Van Morrison
Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity. — Robert Morgan
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them. — Edward R. Murrow
We collectively have a special place in our heart for the manned space flight program - Apollo nostalgia is one element, but that is only… — Nathan Myhrvold
Maybe I over-do the 'not-80s' thing. It should be a part of my life that I've got some sort of pride in, but I've got… — Gary Numan
If you've been massive and it's all slid away, you tend to get written off. It's quite difficult to overcome that, which is why I've… — Gary Numan
When I say I hate nostalgia, I hate things set in the recent past where everything is shiny and new. — Chris O'Dowd

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