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Mark TwainIf you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.

—  Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer

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Samuel BeckettIn the afterlife, we’ll sit around talking about the good old days, when we wished that we were dead.

—  Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989, Irish writer, Nobel 1969

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Marcel ProustRemembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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Barbara BushClinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.

—  Barbara Bush, 1925-2018, wife of the 41st USA president

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QuintilianA liar should have a good memory.

—  Quintilian, 35-96 AD, Roman rhetorician

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Bob DylanIf you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

—  Bob Dylan, 1941-, American singer [Nobel 2016]

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Mark TwainWhen I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.

—  Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer

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Michel de MontaigneNothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.

—  Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker

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Charles BaudelaireRemembering is only a new form of suffering.

—  Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867, French poet

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George SantayanaMemory... is an internal rumor.

—  George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-American philosopher

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Vladimir NabokovAnd then will come the day when the last person who remembers me will die.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Gabriel Garcia MarquezWhat matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

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Emile M. CioranSince the only things we remember are humiliations and defeats, what is the use of all the rest?

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

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Antonio PorchiaOne lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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Yogi BerraIt’s like déjà vu all over again.

—  Yogi Berra, 1925-2015, American baseball player & humorist

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Khalil GibranTo be able to look back upon one’s life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

—  Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American poet & philosopher

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Victor HugoNothing awakens a reminiscence like an odor.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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William FaulknerMemory believes before knowing remembers.

—  William Faulkner, 1897-1962, American writer, Nobel 1949

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Samuel JohnsonThe true art of memory is the art of attention.

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

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Doug LarsonA lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

—  Doug Larson, 1926-2017, American columnist

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Friedrich NietzscheMany a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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Benjamin DisraeliLike all great travelers I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

—  Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister

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Alfred CapusThe best memories are those which we have forgotten.

—  Alfred Capus, 1858-1922, French writer

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Dr. Thomas FullerThat which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

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Rainer Maria RilkePerhaps creating something is nothing but an act of profound remembrance.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

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Philip RothMemories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

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Vladimir NabokovThe good reader is one who has imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Arthur SchopenhauerMemory works like the collection glass in the Camera obscura: it gathers everything together and therewith produces a far more beautiful picture than was present originally.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Mignon McLaughlinNeurotics expect you to remember all the things that they tell you, and many that they don't.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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T. S. EliotMen live by forgetting and woman live on memories.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Duc de LevisAttention is the chisel of memory.

—  Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims

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Milan KunderaMemory does not make films, it makes photographs.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer

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Vladimir NabokovI think it is all a matter of love; the more you love a memory the stronger and stranger it becomes.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Agatha ChristieOne of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

—  Agatha Christie, 1890-1976, British writer

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Cesare PaveseWe never remember days, only moments.

—  Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer

Kin HubbardNo one ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

Joseph JoubertIt is only up to the head to think, but the whole body has memory.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Baltasar GracianThe things we remember best are those better forgotten.

—  Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer

Bertrand RussellA smile happens in a flash, but its memory can last a lifetime.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Giorgos SeferisThe memory hurts wherever you touch it.

—  Giorgos Seferis, 1900-1971, Greek poet, Nobel 1963

Antoine RivarolWe spend half our life remembering without understanding, and the other half understanding without remembering.

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

Bertolt BrechtThe human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

Coco ChanelDress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

—  Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer

William MaxwellA little remembering is all right, but too much is a disease I am terribly prone to.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

William Hazlitt All that is worth remembering in life, is the poetry of it.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Joseph CampbellPeople forget facts, but they remember stories.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

Marcel AchardWe give each other memories when we leave each other.

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

Robert Louis StevensonLike a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Henry de MontherlantMemory is the intelligence of fools.

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

Franklin P. JonesAn autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.

—  Franklin P. Jones, 1908-1980, American columnist

Salvador DaliEach participation is the birth of a memory.

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

Alexandre DumasYou are young, and your bitter recollections have time to change themselves into sweet remembrances.

—  Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer

Gabriel Garcia MarquezMany years later, in front of the firing squad, colonel Aureliano Buendía would remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

     (first phrase of “One Hundred Years of Solitude”)

James BarrieGod gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

—  James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer

Lou Andreas-SaloméI am eternally faithful to the memories; I will never be to men.

—  Lou Andreas-Salomé, 1861-1937, Russian-German writer & psychoanalyst

Saul BellowEverybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

—  Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976

Edgar Allan PoeTo observe attentively is to remember distinctly.

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

Oliver W. Holmes Sr.Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

Leonardo da VinciAnyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

—  Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter

Quotes in Verse

Louise GlückWe look at the world once, in childhood.
The rest is memory.

—  Louise Glück, 1943-, American poet, Nobel 2020

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Yannis RitsosYou don’t have to remember.
We Know.

—  Yannis Ritsos, 1909-1990, Greek poet

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Louise GlückMy memory is like a basement filled with old papers:
nothing ever changes.

—  Louise Glück, 1943-, American poet, Nobel 2020

Funny Quotes

Steven WrightEveryone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film.

—  Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian

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Ancient Greek

MenanderRemember the favor you have received and forget the favor you have given.

Χάριν λαβών μέμνησο και δους επιλαθού.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

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Proverbs

Difficult to bear, sweet to remember.

—  Indian proverb

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Movie Quotes

Groundhog Day (1993)- Do you ever have déjà vu, Mrs. Lancaster?
- I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen.

—  from the film Groundhog Day (1993)

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Memento (2000)Now...where was I?

—  from the film Memento (2000)

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