“I'll just tell you what I remember because memory is as close as I've gotten to building my own time machine.”

“Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.”

Alex Trebek (1940) Canadian-American television personality

“I remember the time an older man asked me when I was young, "Do you know what you are doing now?" I thought it was some kind of trick question.
Tell me," I said.
You are building your memories," he replied, "so make them good ones.”

Ravi Zacharias (1946) Indian philosopher

“The years go by, and I've told the story so many times that I'm not sure anymore whether I actually remember it or whether I just remember the words I tell it with.”

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature

“I'll be anything you want, just tell me what you want and I'll be that.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

“Remembering is just an invention of the mind… It means that if you want to, you can remember anything, whether it happened or not… You don't need a time machine if you can remember.”

Rodman Philbrick book Freak the Mighty

“I'll just close my eyes and whisper”

Jon Bon Jovi (1962) American singer and musician

“There are men you build a future with, Dani. And then there are men that you know, going in, that you're only making a memory with. I know the difference
.. Some memories are worth the price. I'll deal with it.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

“I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!”

Betty MacDonald (1908–1958) writer

“I've lived my life again just telling it to you.”

Arthur Golden book Memoirs of a Geisha