Quotes about Nostalgia

There, just inside the gates, was Mary. He was only six, but even then he knew that never would he see again anything so beautiful. She was five; but there was something in her manner of holding herself and the imperious tilt of her head which made her seem almost five-and-a-half. [From John Penquarto A Tale of Literary Life in London

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

How much older can you be at your age? A half minute before that you were stepping into high school, and an unhooked brassiere was as close as you ever hoped to get to Paradise. Only a fifth of a second before that you were a small kid with a ten-week summer vacation that lasted a hundred thousand years and still ended too soon. Zip! They go rocketing by so fast.

I love watching the Bond movies obviously and I grew up reading the books as a kid. I've always loved them because of that.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

Me personally, I want to entertain people above all. When you look back at burlesque in history and the real golden age of burlesque, those entertainers were there to entertain, and there wasn't usually some big political message behind what they were doing.

I am so in the past. I'm such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano.

Thank you. For making me remember the good.

If you didn't miss where you've been, it didn't mean that much to you.

Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is passed away.

I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.

When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.