“It was one of those sort of apocalyptic moments. I remember within ten minutes of seeing the graphical user interface stuff, just knowing that every computer would work this way someday. It was so obvious once you saw it. It didn't require tremendous intellect. It was so clear.” WayMomentsRememberStuffKnowingClearSawsSeeingMinutesTenComputerObviousIntellectSomedayUsersApocalypticInterfacesUser Interface Author:Steve Jobs
“I remember once when we were moving, driving across country, and it was raining so hard, the windshield wipers going fast and squeaking, and then: nothing. It stopped. I looked out the window ahead of me and it was clear. I looked out the back and there was the rain, still going. Nobody said anything, but there it was, a near miracle, a rain line, a way of seeing just where something starts, when usually you are just in the middle of it before you notice it. That's how it feels to me now, to not want to be like (that) anymore. I see the line.” WayWantFeelsSaidStillsCountryHardRememberMovingLinesClearSeeingMiddleRainWindowMiracleDriving Author:Elizabeth Berg
“I go all the way back to the Hot Boys days and being 13, listening to this dude. Just remembering the staple he put on the game back then all the way to now, to have that longevity years beyond it. So for him to actually acknowledge what I'm doing right now and seeing it as a path, the same way the longevity he created, it's a great feeling to actually share that same stage and a moment with him. Wayne ain't no new jack to this game. He influenced a lot of styles and a lot of sounds. I would say I was influenced by a recent sound and flow, and cadence that he brung to the game.” WayYearsMomentsFeelingsRememberGamesSoundBoysPathSeeingShareStageStyleListeningRight NowFlowHotAcknowledgeLongevityWayneDoing RightStaplesCadenceGreat Feelings Author:Kanye West
“I remember as a kid watching TV and seeing Mel Blanc doing his voices and Paul Winchell doing his ventriloquism and thinking, 'Those guys are having a good time. I want to do that.'” ThinkingWantKidsRememberGuyVoiceSeeingTvsGood TimesHaving A Good TimeWatching TvVentriloquismMel Blanc Author:Jim Cummings
“I remember seeing the full Daft Punk pyramid show in 2007. I went alone, drove up in my Honda Fit, bought a ticket off a scalper for $150, got on the floor, and had the best time of my life. I didn't have a drink, no drugs. But I was high out of my mind. It changed my life.” MindShowsRememberSeeingChangedFitDrinkDrugPunkTicketsPyramidsOf My MindChanged My LifeBest TimesTime Of My LifeDaftHondaBest Time Of My LifeDaft Punk Author:Skrillex
“I've lived in New York all my life, and we went to the Mormon Pageant each year in upstate New York. It still is a wonderful production. I remember going and seeing the performance and listening to the music. My father had Mormon Tabernacle Choir music, and we would listen to it and sing with it.” YearsStillsRememberFatherWonderfulSeeingNew YorkListeningPerformancesProductionsChoirPageantUpstate New York Author:Renee Fleming
“I remember first seeing Barney Kessel, in the 1940s, standing on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, in his cowboy boots, sun glasses and hipster threads, holding his guitar case man, you just knew that cat could wail!'” MenFirstsRememberCasesSunSeeingStandingCatHollywoodGuitarGlassesCornersBootsThreadCowboyVinesHipsterCowboy Boot Author:Anita O'Day
“Art comes from art: I remember going to the Matisse show and seeing how Matisse had taken one of his own paintings, worked from it and transformed it, and that had led on to the next one and the next.” ArtShowsRememberNextTakenSeeingPaintingTransformedThe Next OneMatisse Author:Anthony Caro
“I was watching Maury Povich the other day. He had these people on who say that they've had near death experiences. Do you ever notice they always say the same thing? 'I remember seeing this really bright, white light.' It's like, of course, you pinhead, it's the paramedic looking in your pupils with a penlight.” PeopleLightRememberCoursesWhiteSeeingPupilsNear DeathWhite LightNear Death ExperienceParamedicsMaury Author:Carol Leifer
“I remember it as if it were today... seeing him [Che] framed in the viewfinder, with that expression. I am still startled by the impact... it shakes me so powerfully. (On his iconic photo of Che Guevara)” IfsStillsTodayRememberSeeingExpressionImpactShakesIconicFramed Author:Alberto Korda
“It's wonderful. It's amazing. I mean we have such a great music scene and art scene and there's just a great group of young people, you know, temping their way through their 20's doing other amazing things. And I've been in...I spent like 10 years working here without ever having been shooting in Toronto. And it's so frustrating because it's a great city. And I remember seeing Montreal actually used as Montreal in that Ed Norton-Robert DeNiro.” PeopleKnowsWayYearsMeanArtRememberYoungUsedCitiesWonderfulSeeingGroupsSceneShootingFrustratingAmazing ThingsGreat MusicTorontoGreat CitiesMontreal Author:Alison Pill
“The earliest stand-up comedy I was aware of was Bill Cosby. I watched Saturday Night Live as soon as I was aware of it, and Monty Python used to be on PBS at weird hours, so I used to try to watch that. And I loved George Carlin on SNL, that was the first stand-up I ever really remember seeing on TV. And then Steve Martin. I guess I was in fifth or sixth grade when Steve Martin showed up, and he was instantly my idol. And Richard Pryor around the same time too, I sort of became aware of him, though I don't remember the first time I saw him.” TryingFirstsRememberUsedNightHoursWatchesSawsComedySeeingTvsFirst TimeBillsUsed To BeGradesIdolsSaturdayFifthSaturday NightStand Up ComedySaturday Night LivePythonSnlSixth GradeMontyPbs Author:Louis C. K.
“'The Goonies' is the one that everyone either remembers themselves or their children are seeing now.” ChildrenRememberSeeing Author:Mary Ellen Trainor
“My earliest musical memory was getting to watch my dad play drums in a local band. He's a banker by trade, but a drummer at heart. I remember seeing the guitar player do the solo from "Werewolves of London" with his teeth, and that was the moment that had me hooked.” HeartPlayMomentsRememberMemoriesWatchesPlayerSeeingDadBandTradeGuitarMusicalMy DadLondonLocalsTeethSoloBankersDrummerWerewolfHookedGuitar Player Author:Charlie Worsham
“My parents took me to shows starting when I was a very little kid. I remember seeing Henry IV at the Shakespeare Theatre in DC and our neighbor, who was playing Banquo, winked at me during the curtain call. I remember thinking "he can SEE ME?!" I was hooked from then. I wanted to be part of the place where you can escape the world, and also wink at it.” ThinkingWorldLittlesShowsKidsWantedRememberParentSeeingStartingTheatreNeighborCurtainsLittle KidHookedCurtain Call Author:Nick Blaemire
“You know how sometimes you just have a memory of looking up and seeing a face looking over your crib and then remember nothing until tenth grade? - I have one of these early memories where I'm in the back of my parents' car, a place I loved to spend a lot of time as an only child, not having to fight with venomous siblings over the only toy.” KnowsChildrenSometimesRememberFacesFightingParentMemoriesKnow HowSeeingCarGradesOver YouToysSiblingOnly ChildVenomous Author:Billy Collins
“I remember going to the wardrobe-fitting for the first time and seeing all the cool high-waisted jeans and halter-tops - and that style is coming back anyway - so I loved that!” FirstsRememberSeeingStyleFirst TimeJeansComing BackFittingWardrobe Author:Elle Fanning
“You've got to deal with the world with all of its troubles, while you've still got this alternate image. It's not about being in a different place or being in heaven, it's about seeing the world through magical eyes for a moment, and then being back in that same world, and everything is dull and gray. Having to remember the color.” WorldStillsDifferentMomentsEyeRememberHeavenDealsSeeingTroubleColorDullGrayDifferent PlaceSeeing The World Author:Larkin Grimm
“The first time I did a reading/signing thing at Cody's, the woman who did the introduction said something like that, and I wasn't the only one cringing. I remember looking out into the audience and seeing people's faces and people whispering to each other, and thinking like "Ugh, can we just cancel the whole thing? I can't go out there after she said that."” PeopleThinkingFirstsSaidI CanWholeRememberFacesReadingAudienceSeeingFirst TimeIntroductionWhisperingSigningUgh Author:Adrian Tomine
“I guess I was a little bit nervous, because there seemed to be so much secrecy with Ben [Stiller] wanting to make sure that it was a surprise when we walked out on the [Valentino] runway. I remember showing up at Place Vendôme and doing the fitting and seeing the pajamas that I was going to wear - which I like very much - and seeing Ben arrive kind of in disguise.” KindLittlesRememberBitsSeeingLittle BitSurpriseNervousDisguiseSecrecyFittingShowing UpRunwayPajamasValentino Author:Owen Wilson
“I can remember, I think it was 1967, sitting in the First Unitarian Church in Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, and seeing Phil Levine come out on the little stage. He sat on the edge and said, "You know, sometimes it's hard not to hate my country for the way I feel, at times, but I won't let that happen." And then he read, "They Feed They Lion," this incredibly powerful, incantatory poem that was inspired in part by the burning of Detroit in 1967 and the riots that followed.” ThinkingKnowsWayFeelsFirstsLittlesSaidI CanCountrySometimesHardHappensRememberHateChurchPowerfulSeeingStageSittingInspiredEdgesBurningSatLionsSantaRiotDetroitBarbaraVistasUnitarianSanta BarbaraUnitarian Church Author:Sam Hamill
“Honestly I'm excited about the possibilities of what comes next, and the funny thing is, that is sort of what "Star Wars" is kind of about. I mean, I remember being 10 years old and seeing that movie and leaving the theater and feeling like, oh, my God, anything is possible. And I feel like anything is possible right now. I don't know what's next, but I look forward to it.” KnowsFeelsYearsLooksKindMeanWarFeelingsRememberNextStarsSeeingPossibilityRight NowTheaterLeavingExcitedHonestlyFunny ThingsAnything Is Possible Author:J. J. Abrams
“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
“Traveling really inspires me, seeing other cities and going on tour. If you've got fans online, it's hard to remember those people are real people.” PeopleIfsRealHardRememberCitiesSeeingFansInspireOnline Author:Nina Nesbitt
“But we did see the process develop. I remember going to the Rocket Pictures base and they had something like 40 people there, drawing. They didn't know what the characters looked like yet and I remember on the walls seeing 30 or 40 different versions of Juliet. So, it was then that I realised that someone's got to come in and make some really executive decisions.” PeopleKnowsDifferentCharacterRememberProcessDecisionSeeingWallDrawingVersionsExecutivesRocketsRealisedJuliet Author:Matt Lucas
“I remember being in a comic shop with my son, with my ten year-old son and he put his hand over my eyes. He was embarrassed about me seeing the comics at Forbidden Planet.” YearsHandsEyeRememberSeeingPlanetsSonTenComicShopsMy SonEmbarrassedForbidden Author:Francoise Mouly
“I remember seeing Extreme play with [Debra] Winger and Cinderella. Gary Cherone was wearing purple velvet overalls with no shirt and saddle oxfords.Afterward, I went home and told my mom, "I need to find saddle oxfords." And she said, "Like little girls wear?" Naturally, I couldn't find them in my size, so I went to a shoemaker and had him make me a pair. I wore them for a while, but they didn't seem as cool on me, because when your foot is size 12, they sort of look like clown shoes.” NeedsLooksLittlesSaidPlayHomeSeemsRememberGirlSeeingFeetMomShoesSizeExtremesMy MomShirtsPairsClownPurpleVelvetOxfordGarySaddlesOveralls Author:Patrick Wilson
“I remember being a kid and seeing the 'National Inquirer' at the grocery store checkout line. When somebody actually picked up a copy, it was mortifying. You felt dirty for them. But now it's perfectly acceptable to read something like that. There's absolutely no taboo surrounding that kind of exploitation.” KindKidsRememberFeltLinesSeeingStoresDirtyCopiesAcceptableExploitationTabooGroceriesNaughtyGrocery StoresBeing A KidCheckoutsInquirers Author:Rashida Jones
“I do remember seeing Godspell or Jesus Christ Superstar, one of those. It was a liberation theology venue. Anything radical seemed to be accepted there. I definitely picked up the idea there that you should question authority.” ShouldIdeasRememberJesusChristSeeingAuthorityJesus ChristAcceptedTheologyRadicalLiberationSuperstarVenuesJesus Christ Superstar Author:Ian MacKaye
“There's an understanding of common prayer that I think we're seeing grow, more and more. When I travel, I hear from people who are deeply touched that our common prayer takes time to remember some of the terrible tragedies that have happened around the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldRememberGrowsUnderstandingPrayerCommonSeeingHappenedTerribleTragedyAround The WorldTouchedTake TimeTerrible Tragedy Author:Shane Claiborne