- Important
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot remember a time when the question of why people behave as they do was not intensely interesting to me. The desire to understand was very important. When I was young, I was aware of the fact that much of the time, the reasons a person gave for his actions were not the actual reasons.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember, the Congress doesn't get as many opportunities to make an impression with the public.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been a dream of mine to be selected on the U.S. Olympic team as long as I can remember.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember being a little kid walking down the grocery aisle seeing athletes on these cereal boxes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I remember planning for Halloween months in advance. It was, after all, my chance to be creative, artsy, original, and to just have fun!
- Compatible
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My concentration span is truly that of a gnat. Some people have this ladder, and that's all there is - the ladder. I have the ladder, too, but there's a building around it with scaffolding, and lots of windows for me to peek into. Then suddenly I'll remember, 'Oh, there's the ladder. I should be concentrating on that.'
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny landing parts now where I'm somebody's mum. I remember the first time I was asked to play a mum. I was easily old enough, but because I didn't have any children, I thought, 'That seems really grown-up.'
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember writing monologues and one-act plays and stuff in high school. I had a project in English that was just a short book of limericks. It was so weird. I enjoyed the challenge and rhyme of it. I was always putting on plays and stuff.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the last game console I had was Super Nintendo. I remember once I played the Sega Genesis. But Super Nintendo was my last game device. I played outside more. I liked kickball and baseball.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.
- Anything
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- Nov 07, 2020
From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything.
- British Columbia
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- Nov 07, 2020