“Actually, when I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event and he happened to be there. People would ask me if I was his son, because I looked like him at that point, so I do remember feeling some connection and just wanting to say, like, 'Papa!'” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveFeelingsRememberYoungAsksHouseI BelieveSeeingHappenedEventsSonMetsConnectionsEightAsk MeCagesPapa Author:Simon Helberg
“I was blessed enough to meet Pope John Paul when I was about 19 or 20 years old in the Vatican; I had that privilege, .. My mother took me to visit him and I remember distinctly his incredible charisma and personal charm and his warmth and compassion. You felt it immediately the minute you met him, and that spirit I came away with, having met the man, is something that I've been constantly working on to infuse the character with, so that we can have his spirit and his love and his compassion, because that's really the essence of the man.” MenYearsEnoughCharacterRememberSpiritMotherFeltCompassionMinutesHe ManMetsEssenceBlessedIncrediblesPrivilegeCharmWarmthPopeHis LoveCharismaJohn PaulPope John Paul Author:Cary Elwes
“I once went to a fraternity house when I was in high school... you know, you would rent them during the summer for really cheap, and students are in there. So I met some people who rented a room. I just remember it being very dirty.” PeopleKnowsSchoolRememberHouseRoomsStudentsMetsSummerHigh SchoolDirtyFraternity Author:Spencer Grammer
“My dad was an agent for Met Life. In the '50s, I remember the mortality rate was something like - you had - 58 was the average age. Then it was moved up to 62, and then 65, 68.” AgeRememberLike YouDadMetsMovedRateMy DadAverageAgentsMortality Author:Willard Scott
“I have met Mariah before and she's really cool and so funny. Everyone has been given the wrong impression of her, and maybe it is her doing. But you have to remember that celebrities are always in the spotlight and are sometimes forced to conduct themselves in a different way than they normally do. That's how it is in the business. I have met artists who are real divas, but Mariah Carey is not one of them. She is a very sweet person, and what nobody sees off camera is the real person she is on the inside.” WayPersonsHas BeensDifferentRealSometimesRememberArtistGivenSweetMetsCamerasImpressionDifferent WaysReally CoolSpotlightReal PersonVery SweetWrong Impression Author:Janet Jackson
“I remember when I met my wife and that she could just grab my hand and I would just ease. I dont know how to say that but it was one of the coolest things. It was strange, but it definitely changed my life.” KnowsHandsRememberKnow HowWifeChangedStrangeMetsMy WifeEaseRemember WhenChanged My Life Author:Randy Houser
“I first met Myra Henshawe when I was fifteen, but I had known her about ever since I could remember anything at all.” FirstsBookRememberKnownMetsFifteen Author:Willa Cather
“In Louisiana, President Bush met with over 15,000 National Guard troops. Here's the weird part, nobody remembers seeing him there.” RememberPresidentSeeingMetsTroopsPresident BushLouisianaNational Guard Author:Craig Kilborn
“I've been very lucky with the people I've met over the years. Way back in the early '70s I went to [Phil] Seuling's conventions for something like three years in a row from '70 to '72 and I remember at the '72 luncheon with the Academy of Comic Book Artists and talking with John Romita about the kind of brushes he used. Pros ask pros the same questions that fans do. "What kind of pens do you use? What kind of brushes do you use?" I was so amazed that the wonderful work John Romita was doing was accomplished with a Windsor-Newton series 7 Number 4. Not a 2 or a 3, but a 4.” PeopleWayYearsKindBookUseRememberUsedArtistThreeAsksNumbersTalkingWonderfulFansMetsLuckySeriesComicAccomplishedPensThree YearsConventionsComic BookAmazedBrushesAcademyNewtonWindsorNumber 4 Author:Mike Royer
“So I met the bloke who invented crosswords today. I can't remember his name, it's P something T something R.” I CanHumorTodayFunnyRememberNamesMetsBlokesCrosswords Author:Tim Vine
“I was poorer than anyone I'd ever met. But it was a great time to be a young artist - I remember it as a period of exceptional creative freedom and adventure, when one was regularly presented with works of art unlike anything one had ever seen before.” ArtRememberYoungArtistCreativeAdventurePeriodsMetsWorks Of ArtExceptionalGreat TimesYoung ArtistsCreative Freedom Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“I don't really know a lot of famous people. I've met a lot of famous people. If I ran into Tom Hanks today, I would have to remind him who I was and he would then remember me. But he wouldn't come up to me and say, 'Hi Dave!'” PeopleIfsKnowsTodayRememberMetsCome UpRanTomsDaveRemember Me Author:David Zucker
“One day I got to meet him because he was teaching Broadway dance. It was a little after Tap came out and he was very young. He wouldn't remember me, but it was quite amazing. And now I've met him as an adult!” LittlesRememberYoungTeachingMetsOne DayAdultsBroadwayRemember Me Author:Brittany Murphy
“I loved rain for making home seem home more deeply, and I suspect that is why, from as far back as I can remember, I also loved those books I read and the people I met in them and the worlds they opened up to me. Like a house in the rain, books were havens of permanence and protection from whatever it was that as a child I needed protection from.” PeopleWorldChildrenI CanBookHomeSeemsRememberHouseHavensNeededMetsRainProtectionSuspectsPermanence Author:Frederick Buechner
“I met Jason Mraz when he had a concert in Korea as a cover contest winner of his songs! He was super nice to even tune the guitar that I also won from the contest for me and we decided to jam to one of his hit songs, ”Lucky”. I actually don’t remember how I was able to sing because I was so nervous at the time but it would also be a dream come true if i can have the honor to share the stage with Jason Mraz one day!” IfsI CanDreamAbleRememberSongNiceShareStageHonorMetsOne DayLuckyDecidedGuitarNervousWinnerTunesConcertsContestsDreams Come TrueKoreaJamJason Author:Megan Lee
“When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world... all those big buildings. I remember walking on Broadway, looking up at this huge, mountainous place-and being so lonely. But things started to clear up when I met a few people on the street whom I'd met before-all of a sudden there got to be a certain familiarity about the place, and the terror kind of evaporated. There was a lot of playing going on, and the New Yorkers, of course, were a completely different crowd from what I'd known.” PeopleWorldFirstsKindDifferentBigsRememberCertainCoursesCitiesKnownClearStreetsNew YorkBuildingHugeWalkingMetsLonelyTerrorCrowdsBroadwayFamiliarityNew YorkersCities In The WorldSo Lonely Author:Benny Goodman
“Any hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.” PersonsHandsRememberGuyNiceMetsTreatsBlowPleasantThis Guy Author:Kevin Hart
“I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids.” KnowsKidsRememberYoungKnow HowStreetsMetsInspiredAweRemember When Author:Lindsey Vonn
“John Lewis is such a remarkable human being. Literally, such a beautiful human being. I remember the first time I met him. We were in the middle of a scene and [Selma director] Ava DuVernay calls, "Cut," and then he literally just came in. He just came walking in.I just froze. I can't explain the feeling. Seeing somebody who was literally a living hero. He was a hero.” FirstsHumansI CanFeelingsBeautifulRememberHuman BeingsCuttingSeeingMiddleHeroWalkingMetsSceneDirectorsFirst TimeRemarkable Author:Stephan James
“remember a feeling of excitement, of sudden inspiration, when I was visiting Giovanni Boccaccio's home in the walled village of Certaldo, outside of Florence. (Boccaccio was the medieval author of The Decameron.) It was as though I had met my muse! After this trip, I read The Decameron and began writing the Alchemy Series in earnest.” WritingFeelingsHomeInspirationRememberMetsSeriesExcitementVillageMuseEarnestMedievalVisitingAlchemyFlorence Author:Mary Pope Osborne
“I remember getting in the elevator for my audition and there was a guy next to me who had a backpack full of props and wigs and things, and I went, 'Oh, my God, that guy is so prepared, I have nothing, I have no props.' And that was Andy Samberg. And Andy Samberg said he was looking at me going, 'Oh, that guy has no props. He doesn't need props.' And that was the first time we met, was in that elevator.” NeedsFirstsSaidRememberGuyNextMetsFirst TimePreparedAuditionsThat GuyPropsElevatorsWigsFirst Time We Met Author:Bill Hader
“I met a woman in Albuquerque and she came and hung out with me in the trailer. It was really just more to kind of really understand my biggest concern was always the interrogation scenes. Remember, that's why I really wanted to meet somebody because you see those scenes on TV so much.” KindWantedRememberTvsMetsSceneConcernHungTrailersInterrogationAlbuquerque Author:Charlize Theron
“John Cassavetes was a year ahead of me but we met there. What you do when you are at a school for drama, you do a play as opposed to a final. Anyone who wanted to come could just come. So he came, and I can't remember the name of the play, of course, it was a long time ago.” YearsLongI CanPlayWantedSchoolRememberCoursesNamesDramaMetsLong TimeFinalsLong Time Ago Author:Gena Rowlands
“For me, that's where my spiritual practice comes in. It's come from a lot of people that I've met that have influenced me over the years, and it's remembering those people, what they taught me.” PeopleYearsRememberSpiritualPracticeTaughtMetsSpiritual Practice Author:Trevor Hall
“I think the people I have met have meant a great deal to me, more than any shot I ever hit. I will always remember some golf shots, but others I would like to forget.” PeopleThinkingRememberForgetDealsMetsShotsGolf Author:Arnold Palmer
“I remember [Patrick J. Adams] being in a particularly disillusioned place and really wanting your ambitions to be met with opportunity and not feeling like they were. It's all the more reason that I feel grateful to be able to stay connected and be in each other's lives. Obviously now you're in a very different place, and it's really nice to be able to look back on that and be reminded of how far we've come, at least in the opportunity aspect. The mental state aspect of it is a different story, I'm sure, but I always knew you would work.” FeelsLooksDifferentStatesReasonStoriesFeelingsAbleRememberOpportunityNiceMetsAmbitionAspectGratefulConnectedDifferent PlaceReally NiceDisillusionedHow Far We've Come Author:Zachary Quinto
“I do remember, the first time we met [with Patti Smith], the door opening with a squeak. And then there was this very beautiful girl looking out.” FirstsBeautifulRememberGirlDoorsMetsFirst TimeOpeningVery BeautifulBeautiful GirlFirst Time We Met Author:Steven Sebring
“I hadn't heard the Gary Cooper thing so I'm not grounded now. I feel pretty good. That's incredibly nice. When I met Robin [Williams] at the read-through, I remember when he came in, I was so nervous meeting him for the first time is incredible because I did actually write him a letter when I was a kid and told him he was my favorite actor.” FeelsWritingFirstsKidsRememberActorsNiceHeardMetsFirst TimeLettersMeetingsIncrediblesMy FavoriteNervousGroundedRemember WhenRobinsGary Author:John Krasinski
“Around the corner [ of the Carnegie Delicatessen] is the Russian Tea Room, which is now out of business. Which is awful. I remember going in there and seeing the ballerinas trotting in there like they were prize horses, with their hair, their sunglasses. Really amazing. They were all White Russians. This is where [Leon] Theremin met a lot of people, and where the KGB eventually picked him up.” PeopleRememberWhiteRoomsSeeingHairMetsHorseCornersAwfulTeaPrizeAround The CornerSunglassesBallerinaReally AmazingCarnegieKgbLeonTrotting Author:Paul Laffoley
“The first time on stage is such a blur to me. I remember how it felt more than anything. I remember everything about the day before I went on stage - what I ate, the first person I met in the club, how I felt beforehand - but the actual being on stage is a total blur.” FirstsPersonsRememberFeltStageMetsFirst TimeClubsFirst PersonBlurRemembers Everything Author:Paul F. Tompkins
“The two teachers that I had in the Art Institute who affected me the most were Kathleen Blackshear and Robert von Neumann; Kathleen Blackshear because she taught a class called design - I can't remember, design something, and in this class - it met once a week - we would do work centered around some theme, word or subject or technique or whatever, and bring it in for a three-hour discussion. And Kathleen was able, in watching and looking at our work, to direct us to all kinds of things which might relate to what we were trying to do, but she never attempted to tell us what to do.” TryingKindArtI CanTwoMightAbleRememberThreeHoursClassTeacherWeekSubjectsDesignTaughtMetsDirectTechniqueAll KindsRelateDiscussionThemeAffectedInstituteVon Neumann Author:Warren MacKenzie
“Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign policy were astonished when in 1985 he met alone at Geneva - alone, not a single strategic thinker at his elbow! - with the Soviet Communist master Gorbachev.” PeopleWarRememberCulturePolicyMastersColdMetsReactionsCommunistThinkerSovietForeign PolicyRecallsCold WarShockedInterventionStrategicElbowsGenevaGorbachev Author:Russell Baker
“I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I found their games and their talk far less interesting than the adventures and dialogues I read in my books.” ChildrenBookFactsFeelingsRememberFoundGamesInterestingAdventureMetsLonelyDialogueOccasionsFeeling LonelyRare Occasion Author:Alberto Manguel
“You have to remember. . .that for this little boy whom you have met, his life is just as important to him, as your life is to you. No matter how insufficient or how shabby it may seem to some, it is the only one he has.” MayLittlesImportantMatterSeemsRememberLife IsBoysMetsLittle BoysInsufficientShabby Author:Jonathan Kozol
“In time, the hurt began to fade and it was easier to just let it go. At least I thought it was. But in every boy I met in the next few years, I found myself looking for you, and when the feelings got too strong, I'd write you another letter. But I never sent them for fear of what I might find. By then, you'd gone on with your life and I didn't want to think about you loving someone else. I wanted to remember us like we were that summer. I didn't ever want to lose that.” ThinkingWantLoveWritingYearsFeelingsMightWantedRememberNextFoundStrongLosesHurtBoysGoneEasierMetsSummerLettersFadesLet It GoNotebookLoving SomeoneNotebook LoveJust Let It Go Author:Nicholas Sparks
“Seventeen, eh!" said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred. "Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?" "Vaguely," said Harry, grinning up at him. "Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?" "I forge’ the details," Hagrid chortled.” GivingYearsSaidRememberDoorsFrontsMetsSixWineGlassesDetailsAcceptedPigsHarry PotterTailsWizardsBucketsSeventeenFront DoorsGrinningWine GlassHarry Potter SeriesHagridFunny Harry Potter Author:J. K. Rowling
“Just when you begin thinking of yourself as memorable, you run into someone who can't even remember having met you” ThinkingRunningRememberMetsMemorableThinking Of Yourself Author:John Irving
“The thing I remember best about successful people I've met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they're doing and it seems to have very little to do with worldly success. They just love what they're doing, and they love it in front of others.” PeopleYearsLittlesSeemsRememberSuccessfulFrontsMetsObviousDelightSuccessful PeopleWorldlyThrough The Years Book:Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember Source: Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember