Historical Era Quotes

I would love to have played in the '60s. Now that would have been fun.

Coming from where I came from, the Midwest, in the era I was born, the '30s, movies were glorious fun - Bette Davis dying or whatever. But whatever they were, they were not serious.

In the early days of the Russian Revolution in 1917, I was completely in sympathy with it. I felt that it established a new era in the history of the modern world. I was so overwhelmed by it that, if people made any unfriendly comment, I would vigorously defend it. If people condemned the Communist party, I would speak in its defense.

There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as The Dark Ages.

I'm pro-forwards. Do I want the Seventies to come back? No. The haircuts were terrible. Everyone stank. The food was awful.

We have entered, almost without noticing, an age of exploration and discovery unparalleled since the Renaissance.

I like stories in specific time periods. 'The Revenant's' era of American history was fascinating because it was this lawless no-man's land. It defined the idea of the American frontiersman as man conquering nature. In a way, the story of Hugh Glass is about man dominating nature.

I enjoy how women dressed in the 1920s with the shimmering jewels and rich feathers.

The '60s was a time of unthinkabilities.

Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living.

With the end of the Victorian era, we passed into what I feel I must call the terrible 20th century

I think I was in the most historical and golden era of track and field.

During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.

With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century, you have to imagine more.

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

I've always been a Civil War buff. In fact, the ships that always fascinated me the most were the ironclads, because they were the start of an era.

I'm really fascinated with anything that takes place between the 1920s up through the 1960s. In some ways it feels familiar, and in other ways it feels like it's from another planet.

The problem is that those of us sympathetic with the plight of indigenous people view them as quaint and colorful, but somehow reduced to margins of history as the real world [(our world)] moves on We will be known as an era in which we stood by and either actively endorsed or passively accepted the massive destruction of both biological and cultural diversity on the planet.

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

I'm a bit of a history goon, and I love all that. Anything that's medieval-based up until, probably, the Tudor period and just after, I'm quite into.

There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages.

The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways.

It's quite an interesting time, the '20s, because the politics of England were changing quite a lot, and the class structure was starting to shift a little.

The forties are very cool and very pastoral. The fifties look like they're pastoral, and then you get a bit more turbulence.

The '80s are amazing.