Children Quote by Joyce Maynard

As a lad growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, I played both Gaelic football and soccer and loved them both.

— Martin McGuinness

On the other hand, the seventies were drab. That is, I am utterly fascinated by the fifties and sixties.

— Quentin S. Crisp

The cultural products of America from this period [ fifties and sixties] are like a vision of paradise or something. I find it utterly intoxicating.

— Quentin S. Crisp

I know so many women in their fifties, sixties and seventies who delight in being on their own. It's amazing. They don't see any…

— Erica Jong

I guess that's one of the things about growing up in the fifties - it never occurred to me that you wouldn't be at…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I grew up in the Fifties and Sixties and remember how unpleasant all kinds of food could be then.

— Art Malik

You have to remember that I was an Australian girl of the Fifties and Sixties. For Australians at that time, it was imperative to…

— Robyn Davidson

As an older person, I do feel an obligation to tell the story about what was really happening in the fifties, sixties, and seventies,…

— Grace Paley

People don't remember that during the Fifties and Sixties there was a Cold War, and kids were getting under their desks during school because…

— Brian Fallon

“That sounds stupid, but people have to remember that being raised a white male in the U.S.in the fifties and sixties, for most of…

— Stan Goff

My father worked three jobs, my mother worked two, seven days a week sometimes. And they wouldn't take welfare or social assistance, they were…

— Bill Duke

My mother worked in a school canteen - then worked in the canteen of a chicken factory. Every Friday, the pay packet money would…

— Ian Rankin