2,914 Quotes About Memory

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

What are the hopes of man? Old Egypt's KingCheops erected the first pyramidAnd largest, thinking it was just the thingTo keep his memory whole, and mummy hid;But somebody or other rummaging,Burglariously broke his coffin's lid:Let not a monument give you or me hopes,Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops.

Recognizing a problem may help us to understand and solve a problem. Rather than lying down and selling our sound judgment short, let us appeal to the opulent granary of our memory and explore the green pastures lingering in our mind. ("Prêt-à-penser")

Yves. You are goint to love him all over again when you meet him, believe me. You're married.' 'I'm what? But I can't be more than eighteen!' 'My son is very persuasive,' said Saul proudly.

Was I a secret not worth sharing OrWas I fact not worth telling?

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

Moonless nights haunt me. They evoke remembrances of a carefree life when I dreamed without doubt to what my future could be. I yearn for a time when my mother’s tree swayed beneath the dusk like an amber sea, but the past is locked without a key. Never to return—only flee

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.

remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not.