America Quote by Quentin S. Crisp

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

— Quentin S. Crisp

“The sixties are like a theme park to them. They wear the costume, buy their tickets, and they have the experience.”

— Douglas Coupland

I feel that the social revolution of the sixties is like a revolving door that came our way, and then left. It's back again.

— Marianne Williamson

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

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

— Martin McGuinness

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

— Art Malik

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

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

“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

Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly any whose…

— Joyce Maynard

To me the seventies represent normality, and, of course, it is a normality that is now anachronistic.

— Quentin S. Crisp

I think the seventies caught the last red rays of the dying sun of this innocence, but were already a little cold and drab.

— Quentin S. Crisp

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

“His expression is inscrutable. His eyes look strange with their pulsing pupils. “You’re not like other girls. You’re special.” Intoxicating warmth crawls over my…

— Sophie Jordan