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the good old days

«In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.»
«Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.»
«People are always asking about the good old days. I say, why don't you say the good now days?»
Author: Robert M. Young | About: People | Keywords: the good old days
«Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.»
«There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.»
«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»
«How happy the lot of the mathematician! He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or rival can ever win a reputation he does not deserve. No cashier writes a letter to the press complaining about the incomprehensibility of Modern Mathematics and comparing it unfavorably with the good old days when mathematicians were content to paper irregularly shaped rooms and fill bathtubs without closing the waste pipe.»