“One of the most extraordinary things about industrial society of the present day is its idiot lack of memory. Tabloids and movies take the place of mental processes and revolts, crimes, despairs pass off in a dribble of vague words and rubber stamp phrases without leaving a scratch on the mind of the driven instalment-paying, subway-packing mass.” MindProcessMemoriesCrimeDespairMassExtraordinaryLeavingDrivenIdiotPhrasesVagueStampsScratchesRevoltSubwayPresent DayRubberTabloidsExtraordinary ThingsPackingDribble Book:John Dos Passos: the major nonfictional prose Source: John Dos Passos: the major nonfictional prose
“It is extraordinary how music sends one back into memories of the past.” PastMemoriesExtraordinaryPast Memories Author:George Sand
“I've met quite a number of people in my career, but I do have an extraordinary memory. And even though they may drift into the periphery of my memory, I can bring them right back when I need them.” PeopleNeedsMayI CanMemoriesNumbersCareersMetsExtraordinaryBack WhenPeriphery Author:Ben Kingsley
“There's something about being able to literally consume a work of art - then to divide all that pleasure of it - because it's a memory. A great wine for me is a memory, it's an extraordinary experience.” ArtAbleMemoriesPleasureWineExtraordinaryWorks Of ArtDividesGreat Wine Author:Robert B. Parker
“You'd see extraordinary-looking people around in the '70s. It was so exciting! You'd have mad people, like Gerlinde Kostiff riding around on her bicycle with a huge hat. Everybody was doing things. I don't have any bad memories of that period.” PeopleMemoriesHugePeriodsExcitingMadExtraordinaryHatsRidingBicycleBad Memories Author:Manolo Blahnik
“I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts.” ArtRememberMotherMemoriesDoorsAppreciateExtraordinary Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov
“What makes me a believer is that from time to time, going back almost as far as my memory will go back, there have been glimpses I've had. Sometimes literally a glimpse which made me suspect the presence of something extraordinary and beyond the realm of the immediate. That's what I think a lot of what my writing has been, my preaching has been - trying to listen to that voice again, to see those moments again.” ThinkingWritingTryingHas BeensMadeSometimesMomentsVoiceMemoriesExtraordinaryBelieverRealmsSuspectsPreachingGlimpse Author:Frederick Buechner