Memory Quotes

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The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has… — Tryon Edwards
All our lives we are engaged in preserving our experiences and keeping them fresh by artificially sprinkling the water of memory over them. They have… — Vimala Thakar
I think all writing is done through memory — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
However amazing a dish looks, it is always the taste that lingers in your memory. Family and friends will appreciate a meal that tastes superb-even… — Gordon Ramsay
Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way. — Julia Child
True poetry is a function of awakening.Â It awakens us, but it must retain the memory of previous dreams. — Gaston Bachelard
Dorothy Day, of blessed memory, did not like to be called (as she often was, for good reason) a saint, because it usually meant that… — William Stringfellow
I don't think I think when I play. I have a photographic memory for chords, and when I'm playing, the right chords appear in my… — Earl Hines
Originally, I wanted a machine that would cost $100. My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be… — Shigeru Miyamoto
In [man's] mouth is ever the bittersweet taste of life and death, unknown to the trees. Without respite he is dragged by the two wild… — Hope Mirrlees
The issues and challenges surrounding nuclear non-proliferation are continuously evolving. Theyve changed dramatically at several junctures in recent memory. — Spencer Abraham
When I dig back through memory cells, I get one particularly distinctive feeling-and that's one of warmth, comfort and well-being. For whatever else I may… — Rod Serling
The best thing is to draw men and women from the nude and thus fix in the memory by constant exercise the muscles of the… — Giorgio Vasari
His nerve, his memory, and I can't remember the third thing. — Lee Trevino
The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our… — Mitch Gaylord
Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable. — Brassai
It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige. Seeds of kindness, goodwill, and human understanding, planted in fertile soil,… — George Matthew Adams
Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense. — John Galsworthy
Family traditions are more than arguments with the dead, more than collections of family letters you try to decipher. A tradition is also a channel… — Michael Ignatieff
It's easy to write one's memoirs when one has a terrible memory. — Arthur Schnitzler

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