memory Quotes

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

People see things differently and remember things differently. It's why if somebody robs a liquor store and there are four witnesses they'll often disagree.

Sometimes I'll jot a clever turn of phrase down. Sometimes I'll just remember it.

My mind doesn't work, my memories don't work like a computer file where I can just retrieve them and, boy, there it is. My mind is selective in terms of memories. When I try to think back to college or high school, there are gaps. I try to fill them in. But I can't tell you it's always the truth.

When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.

I was adored once too.