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Eras Quotes

On decades, history, and changing ages.

These eras quotes include a fond nod to a favorite decade's music alongside a sharper claim that every era carries its own superstitions, not just the past. See our Always quotes for related reflection.

I play with those two eras a lot. The '70s did actually take quite a lot inspiration from the '30s. I love the '70s, the bold color. There's something very sophisticated about it now, looking back.

Quotes by Jenny Packham

Some novelists are luckier than others in the eras of their formative intellectual years, but all Weltanschauungs return, which means that most novelists have at least a chance of a revival.

Quotes by Jane Smiley

Why are we reading a Shakespeare play or 'Huckleberry Finn?' Well, because these works are great, but they also tell us something about the times in which they were created. Unfortunately, previous eras and dead authors often used language or...

Quotes by Jane Smiley

Basketball's eras are defined by teams - Celtics, Lakers, Bulls - and baseball's epochs are defined by players - Ruth, Robinson, Mantle - but with football, it's the sideline strategists, the nutty professors and top coated Lears.

Quotes by J. R. Moehringer

I don't concentrate on any one period of history; I like to locate my stories in wildly different eras and places. I seem to be drawn to large, sprawling, uncomfortable swaths of American history, finding embedded within them a tight...

Quotes by Hampton Sides

While I put forth the suntan and the teeth and the cavalier attitude, I've survived under the worst of eras and times, and I've always had a good time doing it, because I never really took myself seriously, nor did...

Quotes by George Hamilton

Superman has been around for so long; he's been around for, what, eight decades now? And he goes through these different eras where different aspects of who he is get emphasized.

Quotes by Gene Luen Yang

I wouldn't change a thing in my own life, but I'd like to go back in time anyway though, just to some sort of eras that I wish I'd lived in - like the '60s. I'd love to have been...

Quotes by Gemma Arterton

I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in which we grew up was somehow special, but I really do believe that there were two golden eras...

Quotes by Edgar Winter

Idealism that makes no distinction between areas where our national interest lies and those from which it is remote does no good for America. The weariness of the post-Versailles, post-Korea, post-Vietnam eras is never far from the national mood.

Quotes by Dick Morris

I've always been a big fan of entertainment. Having cable gave me access to HBO, Showtime, and The Movie Channel. Constantly taking in all these films from different eras and different styles has really given me a good vocabulary in...

Quotes by Baron Vaughn

The method in which 'Vadachennai' is narrated gives a feeling as if you are travelling with the characters to the different eras where the various situations happen.

Quotes by Aishwarya Rajesh

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the main theme running through these eras quotes?
Comparing favorite decades, questioning how different past ages really were from the present, and blending styles from different periods.
Is there a quote naming a favorite decade?
Yes, one speaker names the 1960s specifically, citing the music as a lasting favorite.
Does any quote challenge assumptions about history?
One does, arguing every era carries its own superstition rather than treating the past as uniquely irrational.
Is design or furniture mentioned in this topic?
Yes, one line credits mixing pieces from different periods with giving a finished space real character.
What topic pairs well with this one?
Our Come quotes touch on change and arrival across time in a related way.

Another line ties mixing furniture from different periods to giving a space real character. Continue with our America and Come quotes.