- Pretending
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember Quotes
What stays with us, in the words of those who lived it.
These quotes revolve around memory in different forms: the fading magic of a childhood holiday, the messy notes an idea leaves behind, and a specific recollection tied to a major public demonstration decades ago. For more reflections on time passing and looking back, see Day quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one remembers it; none of my friends remember me having it, but I had really bad acne for, like, years.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I was 13 and telling people I wanted to be an actor, and being met with, 'Have fun waiting tables,' so I figured maybe that's not such a great idea after all.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a wrestler since before I can remember.
- Looking Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny because looking back at my first contest, I was 15 and surfing the Haleiwa contest wearing this tiny bikini. I remember not even thinking twice about wearing it - I just thought it was normal.
- Rules
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember thinking during those times that I wanted to write in a way where there are no rules.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as I remember, even younger than eight, I have always been guided by reason. Not cold reason, but that which leads to the truth, to the real, and to sane Justice.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I woke up an hour before I was supposed to, and started going over the mental checklist: where do I go from here, what do I do? I don't remember eating anything at all, just going through the physical, getting into the suit. We practiced that so much, it was all rote.
- Numbers
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just think it's patently absurd for scientists to categorize objects on the basis of the numbers of objects that they can remember.
- Little Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the time of Apollo 11, I was a grade-schooler, and I remember every time an Apollo mission would take place that, like a lot of little boys, I'd gather in front of the TV for hours and hours and hours with my little brother.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020