2,914 Quotes About Memory

The music of life would be mute if the chords of memory were snapped asunder.

Repression is dangerous. It makes anvils of memories and drops them from impossible heights when you least expect it.

The question up for debate between Socrates and Phaedrus is whether the written word kills memory or aids it--whether it cripples the mind's power, or whether it cures it of its forgetfulness.

Remembering is organized for significance (not usefulness)

نحن لا ننسى بل نتناسى.. فالنسيان محو من الذاكرة.. النسيان فُقدان ذاكرة وحياة جديدة.. ونحن لا نملك الا حياة واحدة.

What at one time one refuses to see never vanishes but returns, again and again, in many forms.

I resent the hell out of the politicians and generals who force events on us that structure our lives, that dictate the memories we'll have when we're old.

Not to own the means of production can lead to premature death, but not to own the means of representation is also a kind of death. For if we are represented by others, might they not, one day, hose our deaths off memory's laminated floor?

Molte cose furono allora fra noi dette e fatte; ma di queste è bene che non resti memoria.