Recall Quotes

533 Recall quotes by 456 unique authors

I fly in dreams, I know it is my privilege, I do not recall a single situation in dreams when I was unable to fly.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Though written constitutions may be violated in moments of passion or delusion, yet they furnish a text to which those who are watchful may again… — Thomas Jefferson
I suddenly recall the arpeggios of laughter lilting across the tender, springtime grass-gay-welling, far-floating, fluent, spontaneous, a bell-like feminine fluting, then suppressed; as though snuffed… — Ralph Ellison
It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered. — Plutarch
We live half our waking lives and all of our sleeping lives in some private, useless, and insensible waters we never mention or recall. — Annie Dillard
Liberalism -- it is well to recall this today -- is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right which the majority concedes to… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
I've been working on my autobiography, just pecking away in longhand. The more you write, the more you remember. The more you remember, the more… — Pat Morita
We think very little of time present; we anticipate the future, as being too slow, and with a view to hasten it onward, we recall… — Blaise Pascal
More often than not, however, the person who flatly states 'Elves aren't like that!' is hard pressed to describe how they really look.... as if… — John Howe
We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past,… — Nelson Mandela
Do we tend to recall the most important parts of a novel or those that speak most directly to us, the truest lines or the… — Julian Barnes
I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college. — Ellen Ochoa
Oh, I think the biggest lesson in Wisconsin is that 60 percent of the people do not believe that recall elections were proper for policy… — Martin O'Malley
At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep… — George Papandreou
Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness… — Nick Rahall
This is the free enterprise system. The only place in the world that I can recall where companies never failed was the old Soviet Union.… — John McCain
Through the experience of memory, you recall what you have done, and you therefore attach yourself to it and perceive yourself through prior experience. — Frederick Lenz
When we think of the height of God's infinity we should not despair of His compassion reaching us from such a height; and when we… — Maximus the Confessor
Once sent out, a word takes wings beyond recall. — Horace
I do not know when it was, nor where it was, nor how young I may have been, but I can recall. . . a… — Frank Bolles
When I look back on the townscapes now, they do seem to me to recall certain images of the destruction of Dresden during the war. — Gerhard Richter
[May] this civic and social landmark [the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center] ... be a constant reminder of the inspiring service that has been rendered… — Calvin Coolidge
As an adolescent, I went to charm school, where I learned to pour tea and relate to boys, which, as I recall, meant giving them… — Sue Monk Kidd
I recall that my workshop leaders were tactful in their ways of acquainting me with my shortcomings as a writer. So much so that I… — Tobias Wolff
I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more countries. I want to be… — Alastair Campbell

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