„We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten“
— Cesare Pavese, The Burning Brand: Diaries, 1935-1950
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Quotes about memories
A collection of quotes on the topic of memory.
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„The hole in one's heart gets filled by others around you. Friends won't flock to someone who abandons the memory of his friends and gives up on the world just because things don't go the way he wants them to. That won't help fill the hole in your heart. And people won't help those who run away and do nothing. As long as you don't give up, there will always be salvation.“
— Hatake Kakashi fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series
„Thanks for the information
Never give a sucker an even break
When he's breaking through
To a new level of consciousness
There always seems to be more
Obstacles in the way
Thanks for the information I know
It's only a combat zone
Thanks for the memory,
I'll just have
To carry on on my own.“
— Van Morrison Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician 1945
Song lyrics, No Guru (1986), Thanks For the Information
„Imagination is merely the exploitation of our memory.“
— Pierre Bonnard French painter and printmaker 1867 - 1947
„Originally, I wanted a machine that would cost $100. My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be spent on improving the interface and software. If we hadn't used NAND flash memory [to store data such as games and photos] and other pricey parts, we might have succeeded.“
— Shigeru Miyamoto Japanese video game designer and producer 1952
On Wii, Source: November 16, 2006 Business Week interview http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2006/tc20061116_750580.htm
„Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we are, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment.“
— Harlan Ellison, book Paladin of the Lost Hour
Paladin of the Lost Hour (1985)
„Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.“
— Dr. Seuss American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books 1904 - 1991
Misattributed, Georges Duhamel in THE HEART'S DOMAIN (1919). As it was composed in French, the wording in English may vary in translation. Theodore Geisel / Dr. Seuss was born in 1904, and would have been about 15 years old at the time that it was published. The full text can be found at the link below: We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. Like the images the photographer plunges into a golden bath, our sentiments take on color; and only then, after that recoil and that trans-figuration, do we understand their real meaning and enjoy them in all their tranquil splendor.
„We thus become temples of God whenever earthly cares cease to interrupt the continuity of our memory of Him.“
— Basil of Caesarea Christian Saint 329 - 379
Letters, vol. 1, p. 19
„Memories mean more to me than dresses.“
— Anne Frank victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary 1929 - 1945
„Your memory is a monster; you forget—it doesn’t. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you—and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you!“
— John Irving, book A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)
„Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.“
— H.P. Lovecraft American author 1890 - 1937
Fiction, "Herbert West: Re-Animator" in "Home Brew" Vol. 1, No. 1 (February 1922)
„Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.“
— H.P. Lovecraft American author 1890 - 1937
„Nothing can last forever. There isn't any memory, no matter how intense, that doesn't fade out at last.“
— Juan Rulfo Mexican writer 1917 - 1986
„O Memory! thou fond deceiver.“
— Oliver Goldsmith Irish physician and writer 1728 - 1774
The Captivity, An Oratorio (1764), Act I.
„We must always have old memories and young hopes.“
— Arsène Houssaye French writer 1814 - 1896
Attributed to Houssaye in: Forty Thousand Sublime and Beautiful Thoughts Gathered from the Roses, Clover Blossoms, Geraniums, Violets, Morning-glories, and Pansies of Literature, Christian Herald, 1915.
„The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. “
— Louis Armstrong American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer 1901 - 1971
„At eighteen you sleep without memories.“
— Nâzım Hikmet Turkish poet 1902 - 1963
From Human Landscapes from My Country, Book Two, Section VII
