Leonard Maltin Quotes

Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom's homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.

The songs from your childhood, when you hear them you get chills all over.

I've still got the same friends that I grew up with, I still go to the same places that I used to go to when I was younger, and it's just a very special place to me. I'm still very proud to call Iowa home.

When you're walking down the street or in the car just listening to the radio, and you're, like, 'Oh, that's my song.' You want to say, 'Hey Mom!' That never changes.

For a long time, I resisted seeing 'The Sound of Music,' but when I finally did, I cried.

At Christmas, 'It's a Wonderful Life' makes me cry in exactly the same places every time, even though I know it's coming.

Who didn't cry at 'The Notebook?' If you didn't cry at 'The Notebook,' something is probably wrong with you.

I remember 'The Yearling' was the first film I ever saw, and my mom told me I cried for about four or five days afterwards. I'd be going along during the day and suddenly start crying over what had happened to the little deer.

I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by a rush of memories, a sense of my childhood self that seemed to be contained in there.

When I listen to 'Nevermind,' I hate the production, but there's something about it that almost makes me cry at times.

One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certain smell in the room and it takes you back to your childhood. I feel like music is able to do that, and it happens to me all the time.

I saw 'Tootsie' with Jessica Lange when I was eight or nine. I remember feeling something in my stomach. I didn't know what it was, but I wanted to watch that movie over and over again.

Generally, I'm attracted to videos that hit me some way nostalgically.

I want my music to make you reminiscent or nostalgic of your childhood, or take you back to a better place.

I was like, 'I've got to watch some more of these.' And yeah, I watched 'E.T.,' which I absolutely love. I'm not a big crier, but that just always makes me cry.

Me and my dad, we're both quite nostalgic people.

This is an old film from donkeys' years ago, but the first film I ever… the first time I ever cried watching a movie was when I was watching 'The Champ.'

Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone, That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.

What's wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.

Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.

Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.

Yogi Bear changed my life in ways that I can't explain because it's not a full feature on me.

I'm quite happy to leave it still feeling that way, leave it before it starts feeling like a job. ... I have such fond memories of watching 'Doctor Who' when I was a kid and growing up, that if I've left anybody anywhere with memories as fond, then I feel like I've done my job.

You might be a redneck if you're moved to tears every time you hear Dolly Parton singing I Will Always Love You.

I did see [in Afghanistan] plenty that reminded me of my childhood. I recognised my old neighbourhood, saw my old school, streets where I had played with my brother and cousins.