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“A great many complimentary things have been said about the faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book you will find them neatly arranged.”

Ifs Looks Has Beens Said Book Memories Great Men Faculty Quotations

Author:Robertson Davies

“It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.”

May Said Memories Shining Wit Expenses

Book:The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

Source: The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

“The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a certain resistance of paint, a prodding gesture of the brush, a speed and insistence in the face of mindless matter.”

Said Matter Faces Certain Memories Painting Materials Faults Paint Speed Resistance Interpretation Capture Gestures Brushes Mindless Insistence

Book:What Painting Is

Source: What Painting Is

“There is no man ... however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived a life, the memory of which is so unpleasant to him that he would gladly expunge it. And yet he ought not entirely to regret it, because he cannot be certain that he has indeed become a wise man -- so far as it is possible for any of us to be wise -- unless he has passed through all the fatuous or unwholesome incarnations by which that ultimate stage must be preceded.”

Men Said Wisdom Certain Memories Wise Stage Youth Regret Ought Periods Ultimate Incarnation Being Wise

Book:In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: In Search of Lost Time

Source: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: In Search of Lost Time

“They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio. They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone. But only songs like these played in minor keys, keep those memories holding on.”

Said Play Song Memories Gone Keys Radio Melancholy Minors They Said Holding On

Author:Billy Joel