1950s · Skopia

Showing 386 quotes from the 1950s

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Charles Dederich

1958

★ 8.3

Novel · Fantasy

Not all those who wander are lost.

1954

★ 7.3

Political literature

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

The Rebel · 1951

★ 7.1

Essay · Philosophical literature · Political literature

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

The Rebel · 1951

★ 7.1

Film · Crime (film) · Drama (film) · Crime · Drama

You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.

On the Waterfront · 1954

★ 7.1

Film · Epic (film) · Drama (film) · Epic · Drama

Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: "Let my people go!"

The Ten Commandments · 1956

★ 7.1

Film · Film noir · Drama (film) · Drama

Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.

Sunset Boulevard · 1950

★ 7.0

Song · Film · Musical (film) · Romantic comedy (film) · Musical · Romantic comedy

I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain.

Singin' in the Rain · 1952

★ 7.0

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita · 1955

★ 7.0

Film · Fantasy drama (film) · Drama (film) · Fantasy drama · Drama

The Seventh Seal · 1957

★ 7.0

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

William Faulkner

Requiem for a Nun · 1951

★ 7.0

Speech · Political speech

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

First Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1953

★ 7.0

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

Nikita Khrushchev

1956

★ 7.0

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

1959

★ 7.0

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore - And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes

Harlem · 1951

★ 6.9

Speech · Political speech

A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Adlai Stevenson

1952

★ 6.9

TV news · TV program

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

Edward R. Murrow

1954

★ 6.9

Film · Fantasy drama (film) · Drama (film) · Fantasy drama · Drama

If everything is imperfect in this world, love is perfect in its imperfection.

The Seventh Seal · 1957

★ 6.9

Speech · Political speech

I have here in my hand a list of 205... A list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department.

Joseph McCarthy

1950

★ 6.9

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

1951

★ 6.9

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