Quotes About Nostalgia

I remember I had an aunt that lived in a house that had this beautiful ceramic wall that was entirely a painting of a peacock.

I think there are people who think 'high school was the peak of my life,' and there are people who think it was dreadful, and then, I think most people are somewhere in between. I do think that it's normal to experience strong emotions during that time, and I think those emotions stay with you.

That was always our favorite type of story, and that's the stuff we fell in love with. The peak of those type of ordinary-meets-extraordinary stories was in the '80s.

Where Halloween is concerned, I peaked in 2007.

Honestly, I grew up a huge Peanuts fan.

'Peanuts' is a life-long influence, going back to before I could even read.

'Pearl Harbor' is definitely about December 7, 1941, but it is not of December 7, 1941. It's not even really of our age, either. It has more of the feel of a film from, roughly, mid-war.

Pearl Jam were a part of my growing up.

My dad was in a Beatles cover band. My mom wore Candies and belly buttons. The people in our family were very glamorous. They wore pearls like Jackie O.

I kind of put people from the past up on a pedestal; I don't think, in a lot of ways, that we're at their level.

I think we all remember Emma Peel from 'The Avengers,' the feminist icon that she was in the late '60s.

We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.

After all these years, I definitely associate having a pen in my hand with having an ashtray just out of eye line.

When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.

I think now, whenever I write, there is nothing that will really compare to pen and paper.

People buy pads all the time, because they want to write stuff down. We're never going to get away from paper, ever. People like writing; that's why more people are writing more real thank-you notes now - not just to stand out, but because there's something about pen to paper, about holding something cool in your hands.

I like to write paper mail - nobody does that anymore - with my pen pals.

'Lizzie McGuire' was my big thing when I was younger. I did buy some pencils and back-to-school stuff of hers because she was on it. I loved her.

When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase.

I really, really missed the Pennsylvania countryside and hills.

I go to a lot of metal shows when we're home. I don't know why, but it takes me back to when I was 17 and going to the local metal shows in Pennsylvania. I go right back to that mentality.

I had a dog for 20 years and her name was 'Penny,' so I have a penny necklace.

I remember going on adventures with my older brother and, when I was 11, being allowed to go to the corner shop alone, and filling up a bag with penny chews, Fruit Salads, Bruiser bars and Black Jacks.

I can pass on a lot of information. I'm just never going to be the 21-year-old Penny Hardaway again.