Memory Quotes

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Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who… — Gottfried Leibniz
Of course it is a very simple matter to identify genes which might modify intelligence or memory and start thinking about whether you want to… — Robert Winston
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. — Benjamin Disraeli
You never know when you're making a memory. — Rickie Lee Jones
Memory feeds imagination. — Amy Tan
It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is… — Lord Byron
In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified. — John Updike
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember. — Seneca the Younger
The happiest, sweetest, tenderest homes are not those where there has been no sorrow, but those which have been overshadowed with grief, and where Christ's… — J.R. Miller
My first vivid memory is...when first I looked into her face and she looked into mine. That I do remember, and that exchanging looks I… — Pearl S. Buck
Twenty or thirty years ago, in the army, we had a lot of obscure adventures, and years later we tell them at parties, and suddenly… — Vaclav Havel
The moments of the past do not remain still; they retain in our memory the motion which drew them towards the future, towards a future… — Marcel Proust
It must be a peace without victory...Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted… — Woodrow Wilson
A liar ought to have a good memory. — Quintilian
We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. — Georges Duhamel
Life is nothing but a memory. People who dwell on the bad ones aren't going to have a whole lot of good ones coming up. — John Daly
If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing… — John of the Cross
My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to… — Alice Walker
I saw Linus Pauling as a brilliant lecturer and a man with a fantastic memory, and a great, great showman. I think he was the… — Max Perutz
In forgiving, people are not being asked to forget. On the contrary, it is important to remember, so that we should not let such atrocities… — Mark Twain

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