History Quotes / The60s

->"[T]he 1960s were a tumultuous time, filled with social unrest, protesting, and just a ton of national tragedy here in the United States. I mean, there was [[WhoShotJFK the Kennedy assassination]], most people know that, but it also had ''another'' Kennedy assassination, Robert Kennedy. There was also the Martin Luther King assassination. [[DeathByIrony Even the guy who assassinated JFK got assassinated]]. There were the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots Stonewall riots]], the UsefulNotes/ColdWar's proxy battles fueled ''much'' of the chaos of the sixties, with [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]] going through all of it. The UsefulNotes/BayOfPigsInvasion was also a big thing. But I mean there was also times to be excited, too, like with the [[UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace moon landing]] or UsefulNotes/{{Woodstock}}. The 1960s were such a different world from today, but a talented individual could certainly craft stories and teach lessons to the new generation, and maybe even make some parallels to a lot of the events that even very young children are seeing today."

->"[T]he 1960s were a tumultuous time, filled with social unrest, protesting, and just a ton of national tragedy here in the United States. I mean, there was [[WhoShotJFK the Kennedy assassination]], but it also had ''another'' Kennedy assassination, Robert Kennedy. There was also the Martin Luther King assassination. [[DeathByIrony Even the guy who assassinated JFK got assassinated]]. There were the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots Stonewall riots]], the UsefulNotes/ColdWar's proxy battles fueled ''much'' of the chaos of the sixties, with [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]] going through all of it. The UsefulNotes/BayOfPigsInvasion was also a big thing. But I mean there was also times to be excited, too, like with the [[UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace moon landing]] or UsefulNotes/{{Woodstock}}. The 1960s were such a different world from today, but a talented individual could certainly craft stories and teach lessons to the new generation, and maybe even make some parallels to a lot of the events that even very young children are seeing today."

->"If you can remember TheSixties, you weren't really there."

->Say, remember when male Baby Boomers were young and their parents made fun of them for growing their hair long and otherwise not conforming to stifling [[UsefulNotes/TheFifties 1950s]] codes of what a man should be or look like? Well, those Boomers all lost their hair and now it’s their turn to police everyone else’s masculinity. Whether you’re treating the the availability of a little cinnamon and nutmeg in your coffee like a full grade crisis because girls like it or you think that guy with a small dog up the street ought to be feeling a lot more shame than he apparently does, you’re certainly making your father happy, wherever he is, probably hell.

->'''Dr. Evil:''' Isn't it ironic, Mr. Powers, that the very things you stand for-- swinging, free love, parties, distrust of authority--are all now, in {{the Nineties}}, considered to be...''evil?'' Maybe [[NotSoDifferentRemark we have more in common]] than you care to admit.\\

->''We were [[SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl the girls of the 50's]]\\

[[TheSeventies As the seventies]] slipped on by\\
Now we're [[TheEighties 80's ladies]]\\

->"The 60s weren't good to you, were they."
-->-- '''Sarge''', ''WesternAnimation/Cars1''

->"In pop culture in the late 60s, you had the three Bs: Music/TheBeatles, [[Franchise/JamesBond Bond]], and Series/{{Batman}}."

Car dealers don't just sell trains, they [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub sometimes also deal cocaine]]''

-->-- '''Sarge''' ''WesternAnimation/Cars1''