“Every period of life has its peculiar prejudices; whoever saw old age, that did not applaud the past, and condemn the present times?” AgePastSawsPeriodsPrejudiceOld AgePeculiarPresent Time Author:Michel de Montaigne
“At any given period in history the ideas of the common mind are found to antedate the facts. The facts of the twentieth century are approached with the ideas, feelings, prejudices of the tenth.” MindIdeasFactsFeelingsFoundGivenCommonCenturyPeriodsPrejudiceTwentieth Century Book:Human Work Source: Human Work
“It is delightful to read on the spot the impressions and opinions of tourists who visited a hundred years ago, in the vehicles and with the aesthetic prejudices of the period, the places which you are visiting now. The voyage ceases to be a mere tour through space; you travel through time and thought as well.” YearsWellsSpaceOpinionPeriodsHundredYears AgoPrejudiceMereCeaseImpressionSpotsAestheticVehicleDelightfulVoyagesTouristsVisitingRough Times Book:Complete Essays: 1920-1925 Source: Complete Essays: 1920-1925
“His [Frank Sinatra] voice defined not only a certain period of time, but America and what America meant to the world. Sinatra grew up, as my grandparents did, when being Italian was very, very prejudice against, but they didn't let it bring them down or use it as an excuse.” WorldUseAmericaCertainVoiceGrewPeriodsGrew UpPrejudiceExcuseDefinedItalianFrankGrandparentBeing Italian Author:Robert Davi