Good Old Days Quotes

• The only good thing about the good old days is they're gone.

  Dick Gregory

  Gone, Good Things, Old Days

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• I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them.

  Ed Helms

  Wish, Way, Old Days

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• I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.

  Pete Seeger

  People, Simple Life, Small Villages

  "The Old Left". New York Times Magazine Interview, www.nytimes.com. January 22, 1995.

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• Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia Our time is forever now.

  Alice Childress

  Feet, Forever, Sake

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• The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now.

  Artie Shaw

  Old Days, Right Now

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  It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Moving On, Growing Up, Memories

  Nicholas Sparks (2013). “True Believer”, p.75, Hachette UK

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• The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Song, Believe, New Day

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• Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

  Franklin P. Adams

  Birthday, Memories, Ironic

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• Don't focus on the good old days, look forward towards the good new days.

  Joel Osteen

  Heartbroken, New Day, Focus

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• The best part is still ahead of me - I haven't experienced my 'good old days' yet.

  Luther Vandross

  Stills, Old Days, Havens

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• The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

  Paulo Coelho

  Ideas, Forever, Gone

  "Paulo Coelho calls on readers to pirate books" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. February 01, 2012.

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• I cannot think of a thing that was better in those good old days.

  Rose Schneiderman

  Past, Thinking, Nostalgia

  Rose Schneiderman, Lucy Goldthwaite (1967). “All for one”

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• The dream is over. I gotta get down to reality. The good old days is garbage.

  John Lennon

  Music, Dream, Reality

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• Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Boys, Thinking

  "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 23, 2007.

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• I apologize because of the terrible mess the planet is in. But it has always been a mess. There have never been any 'Good Old Days,' there have just been days. And as I say to my grandchildren, 'Don't look at me. I just got here myself.'

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Grandchildren, Looks, Apologizing

  Kurt Vonnegut (2013). “If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young”, p.79, RosettaBooks

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• Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

  Billy Joel

  Inspirational, Goodbye, Tomorrow

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• Sitting around on your big fat gluteus maximus talking about the good old days. The good old days are right this second. You've got to exercise VIG-OR-OUSLY! Life is tough. Life is a challenge. Life is a battlefield... . Life is an athletic event, and you must train for it.

  Jack LaLanne

  Exercise, Talking, Athletic

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• When you think of the good old days, think one word: dentistry.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Thinking, Liberty, Libertarian

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• I don't have to wait to realize the good old days.

  Ziggy Marley

  Waiting, Realizing, Old Days

  FaceBook post by Ziggy Marley from Mar 12, 2012

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• We grew up in the good old days before kids had these damn computers and actually played outside.

  Jon Stewart

  Kids, Computer, Grew Up

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• The main thing is to get what little happiness there is out of life in this wartorn world because ‘these are the good old days’ now.

  Clare Boothe Luce

  World, Littles, Old Days

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• Forget about what you used to do. Don't make those same mistakes again. Everybody says, "Oh the good old days" - the good old days are right this second! This moment controls the next moment.

  Jack LaLanne

  Mistake, Next, Forget

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• I come from a long ago era where men could be men and stereotypical humor didn't offend anybody.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Men, Long Ago, Eras

  "Rush Limbaugh denies claims he told caller not to watch Fox News". "The Five", Fox News Show, www.foxnews.com. July 10, 2013.

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• We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and purity.

  Flora Thompson

  Law, Purity, Goodness

  Flora Thompson (1986). “The Peverel Papers: A Yearbook of the Countryside”, David & Charles

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• We over-exaggerate yesterday. We either think it was better or worse than it was - you know, the good old days. We over-estimate tomorrow; we think we can do more than we can - always. And that's why we put off everything till tomorrow.

  John C. Maxwell

  Thinking, Yesterday, Tomorrow

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