“This is all very nice, because the ideas that Jack and the Beat generation stood for are needed today more than ever. But I'm not so interested in nostalgia. I'm interested in the future.” IdeasTodayNiceGenerationsNeededBeatsNostalgiaVery NiceBeat Generation Author:Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“They have no allegiance to Atlantic City whatsoever, other than nostalgia, and that doesn't pay the bills, ... The Miss America pageant has to do what it thinks best serves its interests, and if moving out of Atlantic City does, that's what it should do.” IfsThinkingShouldDoeAmericaMovingInterestPayCitiesMissingBillsNostalgiaAllegiancePageantMoving OutMiss AmericaAtlantic City Author:Leonard Horn
“Nostalgias were peeled from it long ago.” LongNostalgiaLong Ago Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems
“We're not like a nostalgia act, or the normal classic rock act - we're a really good musical organization, ... You're going to hear some blues, some jazz, a little of everything. The guys in the band are great musicians. When we play, we're there for real. It's not about posing, strutting in tights, that kind of stuff. It's all about music, and I've always respected my audience that way.” WayKindLittlesRealPlayGuyStuffAudienceRocksBandNormalMusicianOrganizationJazzMusicalNostalgiaClassicGreat MusicPosingGreat MusicianTightsClassic RockStrutting Author:Steve Miller
“Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either” SelfMotherSinNostalgiaPitySelf PityDeadly SinsLutherans Book:The Keillor Reader Source: The Keillor Reader
“They remember when their parents went out there, had picnics on the Beck's Mill grounds. It was the nostalgia of it.” RememberParentNostalgiaRemember WhenMillsPicnics Author:Larry Nelson
“He is already past the high point in his life and coming down on the other side. By next week he'll be nostalgia. He's 12 years old, and it's over for him.” YearsPastNextSidesWeekNostalgiaNext WeekHigh Points Author:Tony Kornheiser
“I'm suspicious that what's behind the academic call for doing away with athletic scholarships is a nostalgia for the good old days, which leaves out everyone but white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, ... world's biggest cocktail party.” WorldWhitePartyBehindsNostalgiaAcademicAthleticSuspiciousScholarshipOld DaysProtestantsCocktailsGood Old DaysCocktail PartiesAnglo SaxonAthletic Scholarships Author:Scott MacDonald
“It was about the preciousness of that, and how they viewed those birds as art, as something valuable. I didn't care one way or another back then, but now, thinking about my grandparents - who are still alive but getting older - I see the birds as sort of time capsules. Now I go home during the holidays and they hold a lot of weight in terms of nostalgia and memory. Now they mean everything.” ThinkingWayMeanArtStillsHomeCareTermMemoriesAliveBirdWeightValuableNostalgiaOne WayHolidayGrandparentGetting OldGetting OlderTime Capsules Author:Nick Cave
“He may not see the King's antique apparel on kids in the Hall, but he does feel a tinge of nostalgia. The amount of teens wearing the Led Zeppelin '77 tour T-shirts walking around the Rock Hall is absurd. Absurd, ... I saw them on that tour and didn't even buy a shirt. It tells you what these kids feel about music. People take music very seriously.” PeopleFeelsMayDoeKidsSawsRocksAmountKingsWalkingNostalgiaAbsurdShirtsHallsTeensT ShirtAntiquesZeppelinsApparel Author:Howard Kremer