Memory Quotes · Page 183

“The harder you try to forget something, the more you think about it unconsciously.”

— Jostein Gaarder

A husband may forget where he went on his honeymoon, but he never forgets why.

— Evan Esar

I was born in a house without a light or a toilet, so why would I forget who I am or where…

— Emmanuel Adebayor

we travel far and fast and as we pass through we forget where we have been

— Anonymous

“Let's not forget it's you and me vs. the problem... NOT you vs. me.”

— Steve Maraboli

“These days I was taking more from my bank of memories than I was putting in.”

— Graeme Simsion

I hate getting flashbacks from things I dont want to remember.

— SangFroid Stalker

History repeats itself over and over again, but most of us have short memories.

— Mike Colter

The human brain is like a memory system that records every thing that happens to us and makes intelligent predictions based on…

— Daniel Tammet

The moments that you were there for someone in their time of need are the moments that they will hopefully remember most.

— Senora Roy

“It was hard when I knew I was about to be flooded with memories of a life I hadn't lived yet. Really,…

— Kasie West

Memory has always fascinated me. Think of it. You can recall at will your first day in high school, your first date,…

— Eric Kandel

“She allowed history to leave her without trying to hold it back, the way children allow a grand parade to pass, holding…

— Salman Rushdie

Some memories are like magic. Every time you pull them out of your heart, they have the power to cast a spell…

— Anonymous

“Losing a chunk of your memory is a tricky thing, a deep-sea quake triggering shifts and upheavals too far distant from the…

— Tana French

My father left when I was three, and I have no memory of him. The most significant male figures in my life…

— Isabel Allende

My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening…

— Eric Clapton

“I became skilled at covering my tracks, filling in the blanks. Sometimes the blanks were never filled. At other times, I would…

— Alice Jamieson

My children receive education that greatly emphasizes the fact they are part of a human group that has tradition, collective memory, and…

— Yair Lapid

“Serafim's long-term memory was terrible. He noticed that when other people reconstructed their pasts, the access they had to previous moments in…

— Mark Lavorato

“If we are not applying the lessons to be gained from yesterday's history to address the problems of today - then why…

— Suzy Kassem

“ Lieux de memoire . . . 'exist because there are no longer any milieux de memoire , settings in which memory…

— Tony Judt

“Who am I? I am who I say I am and tomorrow someone else entirely. You are too nostalgic, you want memory…

— Janet Fitch

“Twenty thousand days and nights in one place, each layered and trapped and folded on top of the last, the creases in…

— Anthony Doerr

Recalling days of sadness, memories haunt me. Recalling days of happiness, I haunt my memories.

— Robert Breault

The good times become great memories. The bad times become great lessons.

— Jesse Joseph

It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit.

— Joy Harjo

I guess I should have forgotten about it ages ago, but forgetting isn't something I'm very good at.

— Nick Hornby

“Her reaction signaled that his memory had the power to destroy.”

— Ronlyn Domingue

“she turned the page and scanned them again, committing them to memory.”

— Charlie N. Holmberg

Attention is the stuff that memory is made of, and memory is accumulated genius.

— James Russell Lowell

Everyone has a photographic Memory, some just don't have film.

— Steven Wright

I wish I could remember how to write a play. I can't remember how they happened.

— Tom Stoppard

When you're feeling empty keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest!

— Anonymous

I wish memories were text messages...you could delete the ones you dont want and keep the special ones forever!!!

— Anonymous

I cant forget you and thats the way it is. Do you remember me?

— Lucy Street

To me, fighting is special because that's what I enjoy to do. Every fight is a memory to me.

— Rose Namajunas

“Sometimes it is better to imagine the past than to remember it.”

— Anthony Shadid

I think my best memory was taking my baby sisters trick-or-treating for the first time.

— Taylor Louderman

It's probably a merciful thing that pain is impossible to describe from memory

— Christopher Hitchens