Born in the Wrong Century/Quotes

Dwight: Most people think Marv is crazy. He just had the rotten luck of being born in the wrong century. He'd be right at home on some ancient battlefield swinging an axe into somebody's face. Or in a Roman arena, taking his sword to other gladiators like him. They woulda tossed him girls like Nancy back then.

—Sin City, both the comic and movie versions

"Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone,

"All centuries but this, and every country but his own..."

—Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado, "As Someday It May Happen" (aka "I've Got a Little List")

"I guess I just wasn't made for these times."

—The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds, "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times"

It just wasn't Newt (Gingrich)'s year. His year was 1954.

—Jimmy Kimmel, 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner