As the heat of the coal differs from the coal itself, so do memory, perception, judgment, emotion, and will, differ from the brain which is the instrument of thought. – Annie Besant
I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams… Man… is above all the plaything of his memory. – Andre Breton
My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I’m still around. – John Wooden
My mother, who died aged 82, had Alzheimer’s. Losing your memory is bad enough, but everything shuts down. You can’t remember how to eat or go to the toilet. It’s a terrible disease and so distressing to watch it take over someone you love. – Bonnie Tyler
The secret of food lies in memory – of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is. – Jerry Saltz
I enjoy coming to Scotland, and my favourite memory has to be my first Open at Carnoustie. Coming over from a small town and playing in something so big to golf and y’all. – Boo Weekley
Rhyme is a mnemonic device, an aid to the memory. And some poems are themselves mnemonics, that is to say, the whole purpose of the poem is to enable us to remember some information. – James Fenton
Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take notes or use a tape recorder, but I suspect his memory claims were just a useful cover to invent dialogue whole cloth. – Joshua Foer
There’s a lot in my closet. I’ve been collecting things since I was five. I’m definitely a pack rat. I’m not a hoarder, but I’m definitely a pack rat. I will keep anything if I have a memory in it or a good moment. – Johnny Weir
The last four years have not diluted the memory or weakened the resolve of our citizens. Four years later, our hearts still hurt for the families whose loved ones were murdered that day. – John Doolittle
Memory is not pure. Memories told are not pure memories; memories told are stories. The storyteller will change them. I’ve always been interested in that. – Alice McDermott
I have a terrible memory in general, but one thing I’ve always been able to remember is my songs. – Conor Oberst
When my father was assassinated, I decided that I would not compete with his memory, but the priority would be to achieve his dream. – Benigno Aquino III
When you lose a loved one, you come to these crossroads. You can take the path that leads you down the aisle of sadness, or you can say, ‘I’m never going to let this person’s memory die. I’m going to make sure everything they worked for continues.’ – Bindi Irwin
My earliest childhood memory is watching the sunlight through a jar of amber full of wasps. – Amanda Harlech
I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory. – Brent Scowcroft
But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland. – Anselm Kiefer
Life may unfold chronologically for the body and for bureaucracies that keep track of such things as births, marriages, deaths, visas, tax returns, expulsions, and identity cards, but memory does not play this game in quite the same way, always manages to confound the desire for tidiness. – Ariel Dorfman
I’m a big believer in sort of sense memory, like using something that you’ve experienced in order to put yourself in the position that the character is in. – Alexandra Daddario
