--- title: "10 Remembering People Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Remembering People quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Remembering People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/tallulah-bankhead-8506_actresses_all-my-life-i-ve-been-terrible-at-rememb_1498347.jpg" --- > [All my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/all-my-life-i-ve-been-terrible-at-remembering-people-s-names-i-once/) [Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/tallulah-bankhead-8506_actresses_all-my-life-i-ve-been-terrible-at-rememb_1498347.jpg) > [“Buildings are not very good at remembering the people who once occupied them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/buildings-are-not-very-good-at-remembering-the-people-who-once/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/maggie-stiefvater-76_buildings_buildings-are-not-very-good-at-rememberi_2334219.png) > [“If I had my clone take a test for me, it’s likely I’d misspell my own name. And I’m terrible at remembering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/if-i-had-my-clone-take-a-test-for-me-it-s-likely-i-d-misspell-my-own/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/jarod-kintz-2_remembering-people_if-i-had-my-clone-take-a-test-for-me-it_1293210.jpg) > [My mom was a model, so she's been really good about giving me tips on how to navigate behind the scenes -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gigi-hadid/my-mom-was-a-model-so-she-s-been-really-good-about-giving-me-tips-on/) [Gigi Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gigi-hadid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/gigi-hadid-3795_behind-the-scenes_my-mom-was-a-model-so-she-s-been-really_2650028.jpg) > [Nostalgia is a way of remembering people and places and things, and wishing things hadn't changed. It has a sweetness to it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-lael-miller/nostalgia-is-a-way-of-remembering-people-and-places-and-things-and/) [Linda Lael Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-lael-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/896/linda-lael-miller-17264_being-sad_nostalgia-is-a-way-of-remembering-people_3027713.jpg) > [Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-danziger/good-writing-is-remembering-detail-most-people-want-to-forget-don-t/) [Paula Danziger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-danziger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/paula-danziger-18717_details_good-writing-is-remembering-detail-most_1579476.jpg) > [For me, that's where my spiritual practice comes in. It's come from a lot of people that I've met that have influenced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-hall/for-me-that-s-where-my-spiritual-practice-comes-in-it-s-come-from-a/) [Trevor Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/trevor-hall-29172_mets_for-me-that-s-where-my-spiritual-practic_1565204.jpg) > [And now -- now it only remains for me to light a cigarette and go home. Dear God, only now am I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarice-lispector/and-now-now-it-only-remains-for-me-to-light-a-cigarette-and-go-home/) [Clarice Lispector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarice-lispector/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/clarice-lispector-1401_cigarette_and-now-now-it-only-remains-for-me-to-li_2816421.jpg) > [It's true that I wouldn't have written the first book had my sister and mother been alive. It was my way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/it-s-true-that-i-wouldn-t-have-written-the-first-book-had-my-sister/) [Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/nigella-lawson-9733_alive_it-s-true-that-i-wouldn-t-have-written-t_900623.jpg) > [“My conflicts of conscience are about the only battles I’m fighting these days, and I’m willing to fight until the end. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-wentz/my-conflicts-of-conscience-are-about-the-only-battles-i-m-fighting/) [Pete Wentz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-wentz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/pete-wentz-1891_freeing_my-conflicts-of-conscience-are-about-the_1060814.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/remembering-people/#itemlist", "name": "Remembering People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. 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