Memory Quote by Thomas Suddendorf

“[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

“The only way we can revive our memories, if we are willing to ponder about the events that was never discussed for years by…

— Saaif Alam

We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it…

— S.J. Watson

We all have time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Others take us forward, they're called dreams.

— Anonymous

Memory is strange. Scientifically, it is not a mechanical means of repeating something. I can think a thousand times about when I broke my…

— Gore Vidal

Memory is not a simple replay. The bits of information that we recover from the past are often influenced by our knowledge, beliefs and…

— Daniel Schacter

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.

— Jeremy Irons

“The main benefit of memory for past events may be that it allows us to imagine future events.”

— Thomas Suddendorf

The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance; some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase.

— Gregory Maguire

“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

So much of the past in encapsulated in the odds and ends. Most of us discard more information about ourselves than we ever care…

— Sue Grafton

“We view memories as archives of past events—of what has actually happened. But in reality, memories are nothing more than descriptions of what we…

— Mo Gawdat