80s Quote by Hermann E. Ott

In 1981, I was a futurist - or at least I was a guy who put on a futurist hat occasionally - and I…

— William Gibson

The Futurists were an art movement in the early 20th century which basically glorified machines and the Industrial Revolution.

— Britt Daniel

Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It…

— Brad Holland

The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push…

— Cyndi Lauper

The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways.

— Paul Kantner

In 1992, I critiqued the panic over growing family diversity. My skepticism about the doomsayers has since been proven correct.

— Stephanie Coontz

When the mid-'70s came around, it looked like, 'Oh-oh, here come the punks.' But if you look closely at The Who and The Kinks,…

— Donovan

I wanted to explore the Seventies idea of the ideal futuristic woman. So I watched cheesy films like 'Weird Science' and more dodgy things…

— Matthew Williamson

The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

People love to talk about how the '70s are the only time they made movies about characters, and adult movies, and complicated people. But…

— Elisabeth Shue

In the '70s and '80s, if you said you wrote for 'the people,' that meant you weren't any good. But I think that's changing.

— Mack Wilberg

I broke into the business in the '80s, and the '80s was based on hyper-exaggerated reactions.

— Paul Heyman