Benefits Quote by Leon Festinger

The problem with memory is that is changes whatever it touches. It is never that accurate. As a result, I end up modifying and…

— Li-Young Lee

Remembered memory is much more powerful than actually having your own memory.

— Roma Tearne

Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.

— Stefan Zweig

The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would…

— Umberto Eco

I used to have a really sharp memory. And its loss has proven destabilizing from an identity perspective.

— Heidi Julavits

Every time you recall a memory, you're basically making another copy of it and, at that same point, it is susceptible to new changes…

— Pete Docter

Memory all to easily accommodates the corruption of regret.

— Anonymous

I guess what I find so interesting about memory, and its role in a person's identity, is how the attempt to achieve accuracy requires…

— Heidi Julavits

I have a remarkable memory; I forget everything. It is wonderfully convenient. It is as though the world were constantly renewing itself for me.

— Jules Renard

Memory, like so much else, is unreliable. Not only for what it hides and what it alters, but also for what it reveals.

— Anna Funder

In fact, sometimes when I look at something my memory does work. I remember the panel where Alex Toth told me, "Mike, if you…

— Mike Royer

It is notorious that the memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it, and becomes trustworthy as you trust it.

— Thomas de Quincey