Memory Quotes

3512 quotes by 2234 authors

I'll note you in my book of memory. — William Shakespeare
All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain with its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened pines;… — Theodore Roethke
Still are the thoughts to memory dear. — Walter Scott
Where Washington hath left His awful memory A light for after times! — Robert Southey
We don't like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory. — Marianne Moore
The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgments, which are based on previous… — Laozi
But he has gone, A nation's memory and veneration, Among the radiant, ever venturing on, Somewhere, with morning, as such spirits will. — John Masefield
He gives us the very quintessence of perception,-the clearly crystalized precipitation of all that is most precious in the ferment of impression after the impertinent… — James Russell Lowell
As I search the archives of my memory I seem to discern six types or methods [of judicial writing] which divide themselves from one another… — Benjamin Cardozo
If you don't go far enough back in memory or far enough ahead in hope, your future will be impoverished. — Art Linkletter
On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dÃ©pens de sa mÃ©moire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory). — Alain-Rene Lesage
My memories are inside me - they're not things or a place - I can take them anywhere. — Olivia Newton-John
There is nothing like an odor to stir memories. — William McFee
Memory, so complete and clear or so evasive, has to be ended, has to be put aside, as if one were leaving a chapel and… — Harold Brodkey
Someone knocks at the door of an apartment to borrow salt or sugar, people run into each other in the elevator, and in this way… — Krzysztof Kieslowski
I was once married to a woman who could eat anything and tell you what was in it: the most complicated recipes. Her memory of… — Morton Feldman
Memory diffuses fact. — Diane Sawyer
Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures. — Morton Feldman
But these days, there's also a strong economic argument for doing away with capital punishment. With California facing its most severe fiscal crisis in recent… — John Van de Kamp
After your first day of cycling, one dream is inevitable. A memory of motion lingers in the muscles of your legs, and round and round… — H.G. Wells

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