American life Quote by Margot Kidder

The '60s were a time of great optimism and hope. There was a buzz - everybody could be successful.

— Dave Clark

I think in the '70s that there was a general feeling of chaos, a feeling that the idea of the '60s as 'ideal' was…

— David Bowie

When you think of the later '50s and 'Far From Heaven' and Eisenhower and Sirk, you think of that Hollywood panache and gloss to…

— Todd Haynes

Nobody who lived through the '50s thought the '60s could've existed. So there's always hope.

— Tuli Kupferberg

Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.

— Walter Becker

Most of my memories of the Sixties are ones of optimism, high spirits and confidence.

— Mary Quant

People are always asking me about the '60s, like I should be some sort of expert. It's like being in the middle of a…

— Rita Tushingham

During the Sixties, the Americans thought I was the greatest thing in the history of cinema.

— Michael Winner

A lot of my idealism was frustrated by the end of the '60s because of the way things went with the assassinations and the…

— David Talbot

I think, at first blush, the '60s always enticed me. There's something about the '60s, it's not hard to like it.

— Demetri Martin

A lot of the idealism of the Sixties was spot on, from the environmentalism to the war to the Civil Rights movement, the women's…

— Steven Van Zandt

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