Nostalgia Quotes

Most popular nostalgia quotes

Things ain't what they used to be and probably never was. - Will Rogers quote.
Things ain't what they used to be and probably never was.
Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days. - Doug Larson quote.
Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.
Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense and the past perfect.
— The United Church Observer
The essence of nostalgia is an awareness that what has been will never be again.
There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the present.
Nothing seems to go as far as it did. Even nostalgia doesn't reach back as far as it used to.
— Changing Times
A trip to nostalgia now and then is good for the spirit, as long as you don't set up housekeeping.
The past should be a springboard, not a hammock.

moving forward

When you finally go back to your old hometown, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.

childhood

Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson where you find the present tense and the past perfect.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar, evoking bowdlerized pictures of times past with all the shadows painted out.
Nostalgia's nice enough in little bitty doses, it puts personal peach fuzz on the hard ass of history. - Tom Robbins quote.
Nostalgia's nice enough in little bitty doses, it puts personal peach fuzz on the hard ass of history.
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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. - Peter De Vries quote.
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.