Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. Spicy court-memoirs, the lives of gallant ladies, recollections of an ex-nun,… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
War loses a great deal of its romance after a soldier has seen his first battle. I have a more vivid recollection… — John S. Mosby Copy Share Image
To one who has led a virtuous life, to sin is the easiest thing in the world. No experience of unpleasant consequences… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Whatever the situation may be, in the recollection of death there is reward and merit. For even the man engrossed in the… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
“We now know that memories are not fixed or frozen, like Proust’s jars of preserves in a larder, but are transformed, disassembled,… — Paula Hawkins Copy Share Image
There is no illusion so permanent as that which enables us to look backward with complacency; there is no mental process so… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
The instant of birth is exquisite. Pain and joy are one at this moment. Ever after, the dim recollection is so sweet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wherefore a monk's whole attention should thus be fixed on one point, and the rise and circle of all his thoughts be… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
We frequently fall into error and folly, not because the true principles of action are not known, but because for a time… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
But I’ve been turning over in my mind the question of nostalgia, and whether I suffer from it. I certainly don’t get… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Christianity sees plants and flowers as created by God to show forth and share with humans the divine goodness, beauty and truth… — John Stokes Copy Share Image
“That felicity, when I reflected on it, has induced me sometimes to say, that were it offered to my choice, I should… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame: we have nothing to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“but then, you know, they have the recollection of very recent suffering fresh upon them. What they may become, when that fades… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“William James wrote (in Principles of Psychology in 1890): "In youth we may have an absolutely new experience, subjective or objective, every… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
“The Holy Spirit does not speak to a soul that is distracted and garrulous. He speaks by His quiet inspirations to a… — Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Copy Share Image
Shirley's gonna be pissed," Gazarra said. "She hates when I get shot." To my recollection, the only other time Gazarra was shot… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
The fascinating necessarily tends to call a certain attention to itself; the interesting need not. An evening spent with a fascinating person… — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
So, ask the travelled inhabitant of any nation, in what country on earth would you rather live? — Certainly, in my own,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
My recollections of Armenia open new visions for me. My art is therefore a growth art where forms, pines, shapes, memories of… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
I was both charmed and moved by Midday with Buuel, Mexican filmmaker and writer Claudio Isaac's personal and very poetic recollection of… — C. M. Mayo Copy Share Image
I know people who have a much better recollection of their childhood than I do. They remember very well when they were… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more love in the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Old age likes to dwell in the recollections of the past, and, mistaking, the speedy march of years, often is inclined to… — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
It is also possible within this lifetime to enhance the power of the mind, enabling one to reaccess memories from previous lives.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Memories are like a still life painted by ten different student artists: some will be blue-based; others red; some will be as… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
People don't know the value of what they have until it is gone: Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson asked himself “In what country on earth would you rather live ” He first answered “Certainly in my own where… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“l have no recollection of just when, or more important, why l set about telling the story of the Siege. l suppose… — Valerie Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“For those who write memoirs, memory is not a mere recollection of facts; it is a ragbag we pick through, salvaging scraps… — Rossandra White Copy Share Image
Silence...leads us to make a gift of self rather than a selfishness that has been gift-wrapped ...Silence does not mean running away… — Madeleine Delbrel Copy Share Image
Bud [Yorkin] broke out big when he did 'The Fred Astaire Show' and won four Emmys. His wife at the time suggested… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
“There are years and years of my life I can’t remember a thing about. A family member will say, “Remember the time… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
...There's a lot more to be gained from being grateful than you might think. Managing your outlook towards appreciation and thankfulness feeds… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
They were lovebirds. They entertained each other endlessly with little gifts: sights worth seeing out the plane window, amusing or instructive bits… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You, who are so observant, will no doubt concede the generalization that people divide into two large classes, those who live mainly… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind, and changed its bright visions… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As much recollection power one has, that much dispassion for worldly life (vairaag) prevails. Our people do not have recollection power at… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
![“That felicity, when I reflected on it, has induced me sometimes to say, that were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, [...] Since such a repetition is not to be expected, the next thing most like living one's life over again…” quote by Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c7b/benjamin-franklin-65_life_that-felicity-when-i-reflected-on-it-has_1965977.jpg)
![“Bud [Yorkin] broke out big when he did 'The Fred Astaire Show' and won four Emmys. His wife at the time suggested that we team up. We got a lot of press in show business papers, and a number of offers...we eventually signed with Paramount Pictures. But I always like to say, his was the horse that…” quote by Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e3/norman-lear-7597_bigs_bud-yorkin-broke-out-big-when-he-did-the_1512304.jpg)
![“There are years and years of my life I can’t remember a thing about. A family member will say, “Remember the time [insert significant family moment],” and I stare blankly, with no recollection of these moments whatsoever. We have a shared history and yet we do not.” quote by Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/154/roxane-gay-520_family_there-are-years-and-years-of-my-life-i-c_239019.jpg)
