History Quote by Julian Barnes

“The sixties - most of which took place in the seventies...”

— John Thorndike

I don't really remember much about the '60s at all. You know, 1970 is the first year I remember pretty well.

— Hank Azaria

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

— Quentin S. Crisp

When I was growing up - say in the fifties - the thirties to me didn't even exist. I couldn't even imagine them in…

— Bob Dylan

I feel like the seventies was a decade where things ran out, and where other things set in. There was just a lurking graininess…

— Quentin S. Crisp

I think the Sixties in some ways is a barrier to young people today. They think of it, you know, what we're doing is…

— Anonymous

If you can remember anything about the sixties, you weren't really there.

— Paul Kantner

There's that thing about the '80s, the '40s and the '60s, and the '30s, the '50s and the '70s. Something about those odd decades…

— Paul Kantner

“You may say, But wasn't this the Sixties? Yes, but only for some people, only in certain parts of the country.”

— Julian Barnes

Of course, the '60s was a study in decadence. Everything just got worse and worse, and at the end of the '60s, everything was…

— Claes Oldenburg

I grew up in the 1970s, and my friends and I felt very keenly that we had missed the '60s. We were bummed out…

— Jennifer Egan

The 60s were a continuation of the 50s much more than people realized. Certainly in some countries, like Britain, there was still a culture…

— Tony Judt