1920s Quotes

You just couldn't write short stories after Hemingway in the 19th-century manner, which is what American writers did until the 1920s. - Michael Reynolds

White-Powder Bar. The only thing to compare would be Chicago in the 1920s. - Michael McDonald

What we're seeing is aggressive taking out of insurance by the Federal Reserve to make sure we don't have anything like the 1920s or 30s happen. - Allen Sinai

What is happening is a little like what happened in the 1920s, the period where demand growth was quite strong but supply growth was even faster. You had new technology then, it was electric power. Now its computing power. - Ronald Hill

We were like a white family from the 1920s or something. My parents had this bizarre, different way of looking at things from the people that surrounded us. I went to an all-Mexican grade school and an all-black high school, and not many people in those places liked the same stuff as me. - Jack White

We were inspired by cabaret culture in Berlin during the 1920s and 1930s. - Brian Wolk

We spent the first few rehearsals talking through the show, making sure everyone understood all the 1920s and '30s references. We also spent quite a lot of time working through all the gags and jokes in the script, making sure everyone understood them and could deliver them properly. - John Barthelmes

We sing in bass, baritone, tenor and lead. Our music is written for those four parts; no alto, no soprano, just pure 1920s barbershop harmony. - Janet Kushmerek