Quotes About Nostalgia

But you love that house.' 'I do, yes, but it holds so many memories of Monty.' 'Isn't that good?' I reason. 'In many ways, yes, it can be of great comfort . . .' She pauses, then gestures around her. 'But life isn't a museum, Nell. I don't want to live in the past.

If only" could break your heart.

The story of declining school quality across the twentieth century is, for the most part, a fable," says social scientist Richard Rothstein, whose book The Way We Were? cites a series of similar attacks on American education, moving backward one decade at a time.3 Each generation invokes the good old days, during which, we discover, people had been doing exactly the same thing.

Nostalgia is only amnesia turned around," said the poet Adrienne Rich.

Nostalgia is only amnesia turned around

Demoro verte. No quiero verte. Porque temo destruir el recuerdo de la última vez que te vi.

There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.

I remember the Washington in which I grew up as a genuine small town. Maybe this is true for everyone, that we all feel that the times in which we grew up were simpler, less complex.

I've kissed in the rain so many times. I think one of my first kisses was in the rain. It was in Washington, D.C., with some kid named Dash, in eighth grade. It was in the rain.

My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook.

I grew up in Washington, D.C. Suffice to say, it was not a garden spot.

Legends like Jim Murray at the 'Los Angeles Times' and Shirley Povich at the 'Washington Post' were the most beloved guys at their papers. They'd write a cherished column for 30 years, and that was it. There was nothing else to do, no higher job to attain.

As a kid growing up in a small town in Washington State, my only exposure to New York City was through movies. The town with its towering skyscrapers, fascinating people and teeming energy absolutely captivated me.

I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.

I grew up a Seattle Sonics fan, in Washington state.

I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland.

I wasted the 1980s. I wasted every minute at Cambridge talking to people who knew more about music than I did.

I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome.

Pop music means everything to me. I've been listening to pop since I was kid, running home from school to watch Britney Spears and Spice Girls and Christina Aguilera music videos, and it felt like it was a world to escape to for me personally.

'Matilda' was my favorite movie to film and my favorite to watch, as well.

Back in the Rat Pack days, we'd take Frank's plane and sit dead center, because of Nancy. We'd watch the Rat Pack in the center ring and you couldn't ask for a better thing.

All generations think the present moment is the greatest but also have this fascination with before their time. I do the same thing. I see old British movies. I'm like, 'Man, I would love to be in London at that time.' But then I wouldn't be able to watch 'The Walking Dead,' I wouldn't have cable, and my pizza options would be limited.

Growing up I didn't watch movies.