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Quotes About Nostalgia

I watched 'Strictly' and thought, 'That's pretty cool.' But as a child, this was the show that I was like, 'Oh, my god. I want to go on 'I'm A Celeb.''
~ A. J. Pritchard
I watched 'The Sopranos,' I saw a couple of episodes of 'Mad Men.' I loved 'Seinfeld.' In fact, I got some CDs of 'Seinfeld.' 'Seinfeld' was hilarious. Oh, boy. The Nazi soup kitchen? 'No soup for you!'
~ Antonin Scalia
I think everyone is introduced to the Peter Pan story when they're very young. Everyone has read the book and watched the Disney film and all that.
~ Charlie Rowe
My mom used to call me Joshy Boucher. I watched 'The Waterboy' so much, my mom started calling me Joshy Boucher. True story.
~ Josh Allen
I watched a lot of television as a kid, and the suburbs to me - that was exotic! Like, a mom and dad who lived in the same house and had jobs and cooked breakfast at the same time every morning and did laundry in a washing machine and dryer? That was like, 'Woah! Who are they? How do you get to be like that?'
~ Gaby Hoffmann
I played records, the kids danced, and America watched.
~ Dick Clark
I pay attention when the Academy Awards come around. I haven't watched them in a while, but I used to watch them religiously when I was a kid.
~ Alex Ebert
I love 'Cheers.' I didn't watch it growing up, but I watched it getting ready to do the first season of 'New Girl.' It bowls me over every time I see it. The romance, the comedy, the performances - every bit of it is just so compelling.
~ Elizabeth Meriwether
I've always sung in the shower and I watched a lot of 'Rage' when I was young.
~ Tones and I
My growing up years, we watched 'Happy Days,' every night. I don't know what was reruns and what was new.
~ Sarah Silverman
'The Princess Bride' was a movie that I watched all the time.
~ Charlie Rowe
Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I've watched them since I was very young, and I've been greatly shaped by them.
~ Mitski
I came to Hong Kong when I was five, but we didn't have any relatives in Hong Kong. My mom is a big movie fan, and she watched all kinds of movies, so when I was a kid, basically, we went to watch a movie every day.
~ Wong Kar-wai
I belonged to the 'Point Break' generation - I watched the original when I was 13 years old. It's basically the story of the rescue of the human spirit, and we continue to fight that same spiritual battle, but with a political expression.
~ Edgar Ramirez
I watched 'E.T.' when I was a kid every day. Well, not all of it every day; I'd pause it and start over again. But I've watched 'E.T.' about 400 times in my life.
~ Francois Arnaud
I watched some serious '80s television. 'Alice,' 'Good Times,' 'The Jeffersons,' 'Family Ties,' 'Cheers'... every night it was eat dinner, watch 'Cheers.' I was actually on 'Jeopardy' with Rebecca Lobo and Dot Richardson, and we were laughing because I was just nailing every random '80s trivia question - sitcom, theme music, movie, you name it.
~ Summer Sanders
I watched 'Full House.' I loved 'Full House.'
~ Chord Overstreet
I'm more prone to his '70s material, which is what I was around for and watched a lot. I listen to a lot of that stuff. It probably influenced me quite a bit. I'm more drawn to the darker, sadder songs.
~ Lisa Marie Presley
'Evil Dead' was such a big movie in my life. It's one of the few that I really remember when I watched it for the first time. I mean, I don't remember when I first saw 'The Empire Strikes Back,' and it's one of my favourite movies.
~ Fede Alvarez
I have two sisters, so we watched all of the Disney films. I think I still know the lyrics to them all.
~ Richard Madden
As a kid I watched television 24 hours a day and loved every minute of it. The two shows that always make me laugh and are therefore my favourites are The Dick Van Dyke Show and Fawlty Towers.
~ Colin Mochrie
I watched 'Mighty Ducks.' 'Slapshot' when I was a little older.
~ Sidney Crosby
My first real television-watching experience was when I watched 'L.A. Law,' like, at 10 o'clock Thursday nights with my parents. They would let me stay up late.
~ Jonathan Levine
I grew up watching 'Disco Dancer'. I watched it some 20 times as a kid.
~ Jan Koum