Quotes About Speakeasies

#1. In New York, with Prohibition in full swing, he thought he had died and gone o hell for his sins. Then he discovered speakeasies and he rejoiced.

Frank McCourt

#2. He had heard it sure enough, wailing underground in clubs and speakeasies, all through Prohibition, hot, polyphonic, toe-tapping, full of syncopated rhythms and bent, naughty notes - perfect for small and secret spaces.

Nicole Mones

#3. Dancing in speakeasies was a job, and none of us knew for sure who were gangsters. No one told us, so how could we know? My mother used to come and take me home. We thought nothing of walking home together at two in the morning.

Ruby Keeler

#4. If you feel glamorous, you definitely look glamorous.

Scarlett Johansson

#5. It's incredible, but I think a lot of people it shot over their heads 'cause they're used to just getting images and messing around with them, and for us to do something quite so 'designed' was a bit of a shock.

Sean Booth

#6. I can't keep you, Livvie. Stop trying to make me.

C.J. Roberts

#7. Choice is the doorway to our creative power. To unleash this power, we must begin from the state of beingness.

Ilchi Lee

#8. I knew nothing but love and devotion when I was growing up. Trust me, it makes everything easier.

Julia Quinn

#9. Within the last two years it had been called Tony's, Belle's Bar Sinister, The Ole Plantation, Tony's, Alt Wien, Paris Soir
or Sewer
Victor's Vesuvius, Chez Cocotte, York House, Gay Madrid, and Tony's.

Patrick Dennis