Pre-Modern Times Quotes

The good old times—all times when old are good.

Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it.

The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place indeed.

Any attempt to recreate a world of 1814, or 100 years before that - I think it's important to understand that the people of the time had a different concept of what reality was. Their reality was much more haunted.

Betty White is so old that on her first game show ever, the prize was fire.

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.

Nothing is more boring than some old person going on and on about the way things used to be.

It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard!