Memory Quote by Jonathan Swift

Swift defined observation to be an old man's memory.

— James A. Garfield

A good memory, which nature has endowed us with, causes things long past to seem present.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“[Memory]... is a system of near-infinite complexity, a system that seems designed for revision as much as for replication, and revision unquestionably occurs. Details…

— John Daniel

“If memory remains sound and the thinking mind retains its vigor, an old intelligence may have extraordinary breadth and depth of understanding.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

A man's memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interest in the present.

— George Santayana

An old mans memories, like his bones, grow sharp with age and show their true shapes.

— Joyce Cary

The memory of man is as old as misfortune

— Lawrence Durrell

“Memory is not an instrument for surveying the past but its theater. It is the medium of past experience, just as the earth is…

— Walter Benjamin

Memory is what makes us young or old.

— Anonymous

“Memory has a way of distorting the past, of making certain events seem larger and more significant in retrospect than they ever could have…

— Tom Perrotta

Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.

— William Faulkner

The past is more than a memory.

— John Trudell