Quotes About Nostalgia

Even by the time I was four or five, I had Gene Autry records.

I can't say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time.

I love 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' and I love 'Bugsy Malone.' I haven't seen 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' in a long time, but I remember loving it as a kid.

I think any time you play your first NHL game, you remember that.

The last time I saw Elvis was when I played my second New Years Eve show for him in 1970.

Part of me misses the days when we have four channels in England and we were all talking about everything all the time.

When I was little it was a great time for film-making, with stuff like Mike Nichols' 'Silkwood.' The films you see in that pre-secondary-school stage stay with you in a very particular way.

We never do anything consciously for the last time without sadness of heart.

Sweet Memory! wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail.

I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid.

The first time I lived in L.A. I was too young. I really wanted to be back home in Vancouver.

Then I'd crawl back into bed, smelling her all around me, and tell myself that next time, I would lock that window. But I never did.

Looking back, I wish I could bottle the stuff that made it better, but how can one bottle time?

One day you will hear the sound of time rustling as it slips through your fingers like sand. Remember me then. I wish you luck.

My favorite New York memory is that blizzard in '96. I get chills thinking about it. It's my favorite time here - call me crazy. I'm from Canada, and it's very cold up there.

I should like to freeze in time all those I do love, keep them somehow safe from the ravages of the passing years..."Rather like flowers pressed between the pages of a book!

All of the people of my time were bound with chains. They had forgotten the long fields and the standing corn. They had forgotten the west winds.

It's like I'm stuck in a time bubble. Memories keep coming back, and of course, memories are a huge part of literature and cinema, from "Stand by Me" to "Blade Runner."

Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.

I'd read Up in the Old Hotel, and I wanted to do something with Mitchell's stuff for a long time.

I'm glad I came. I didn't think I would be. But it's good to see you… one more time. Not as sad as I'd thought it would be.

I do remember, the first time we met [with Patti Smith], the door opening with a squeak. And then there was this very beautiful girl looking out.

The particular qualities and intentions of photographs tend to be swallowed up in the generalized pathos of time past.

My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time.