“Sometimes an idea from six years ago will come to me out of the blue. And maybe I haven't even seen the lyrics I wrote down, but I'll just have this physical memory of having written it, and in my mind I can see the piece of paper, and the words I wrote down, and then by muscle memory, I'll remember the chords that go along with it.” YearsMindI CanIdeasSometimesRememberMemoriesPiecesWrittenHavensPaperSixYears AgoDown AndBlueMusclesChordsMuscle Memory Author:Ryan Adams
“I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.” IfsYearsI CanRememberMemoriesHappenedCoupleYears Ago Author:James Herriot
“Fifteen years ago tomorrow I had open heart surgery, a quintuple bypass surgery. Thanks to all of my doctors. Because of them, in 15 years of life I've been able to experience, well, acid reflux, short-term memory loss, and erectile dysfunction. Thanks for all your work. It's great to be alive.” YearsWellsHeartAbleTermMemoriesLossAliveTomorrowYears AgoDoctorsThanksWorking ItFifteenSurgeryShort TermAcidOpen HeartFifteen YearsDysfunctionMemory LossBypassYears Of LifeHeart SurgeryShort Term MemoryAcid Reflux Author:David Letterman
“It is strange how the romances of the teenage years retain a poignancy all through life - how a girl who turns you down when you're 16 retains an aura in your memory even long after you, and she, have ceased to be who you were then. I attended my high school reunion a couple of weeks ago and discovered, in the souvenir booklet assembled by the reunion committee, that one of the girls in my class had a crush on me all those years ago. I would have given a great deal to have had that information at the time.” YearsLongSchoolRomanceTurnsGirlGivenMemoriesDealsClassWeekInformationStrangeCoupleHigh SchoolYears AgoCrushCommitteesTeenageOur MemoriesReunionAurasTeenage YearsSouvenirsPoignancyHigh School ReunionSchool Reunion Book:Roger Ebert's Video Companion Source: Roger Ebert's Video Companion
“In Britain, journalists often view comparisons with our society going back two, three, or seven centuries as more relevant than comparisons going back two, three, or seven decades. Drunkenness centuries ago is more illuminating than comparative sobriety 30 years ago. The distant past, selectively mined for evidence that justifies our current conduct, becomes more important than living memory.” YearsTwoImportantPastThreeMemoriesViewsCenturyEvidenceYears AgoSevenCurrentsDecadesJournalistBritainOur SocietyComparisonJustifyRelevantDrunkennessSobrietyIlluminating Author:Anthony Daniels
“I have memories of being in Yale five years ago. It was December and so damn cold that while professing love to my leading lady and singing a Bollywood ditty which went something like this, Kabhie alvida na kehna – my mouth froze itself to death. I say death because as I inched closer to kiss her, mouthing the words kabhi alvida na… my mouth and jaw just locked.” YearsMemoriesFiveColdKissingSingingMouthsYears AgoDamnFive YearsLockedDecemberYaleBollywoodLeading Ladies Author:Shahrukh Khan
“The most important, the longest lasting, the strongest emotional, and the most practiced memories are the ones that are embedded the deepest in the brain, and because we have retrieved them so many times previously, they are the most able to be retrieved. We all hear about people who can remember their youth, their phone number, or street address from 70 years ago, but they cannot recall what they had for breakfast. The memory of this morning's breakfast wasn't rehearsed, and wasn't very important, so it fades away quickly.” PeopleYearsImportantAbleRememberMemoriesNumbersBrainMorningStreetsYouthEmotionalYears AgoPhonesAddressesLastingStrongestBreakfastFadesRecallsEmbeddedFade AwayPhone Numbers Author:Daniel Levitin
“I have just repeated word for word the oath taken by George Washington 200 years ago, and the Bible on which I placed my hand is the Bible on which he placed his. It is right that the memory of Washington be with us today, not only because this is our Bicentennial Inauguration, but because Washington remains the Father of our Country.” YearsCountryHandsTodayFatherMemoriesTakenYears AgoRemainsOur CountryOathInauguration Author:George H. W. Bush
“I have a house that I bought 55 years ago. It's warm in the winter; it's cool in the summer. It has everything I wanted, plus it has all kinds of good memories. Like my kids, I have good thoughts about that. I can't imagine living any better.” YearsKindI CanKidsWantedHouseMemoriesImagineSummerYears AgoWinterWarmAll KindsPlusGood ThoughtsGood Memories Author:Warren Buffett
“The last time I was in Japan as President of Russia was 11 years ago, if memory serves. I later visited in my capacity as Prime Minister.” IfsYearsLastsPresidentMemoriesCapacityYears AgoRussiaMinistersJapanPrimeLast TimePrime Minister Author:Vladimir Putin
“I sip my coffee. I look at the mountain, which is still doing its tricks, as you look at a still-beautiful face belonging to a person who was once your lover in another country years ago: with fond nostalgia, and recognition, but no real feelings save a secret astonishment that you are now strangers. Thanks. For the memories. It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator--our very self-consciousness--is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution, cutting us off at both ends.” YearsLooksPersonsStillsRealEndsSelfCountryFeelingsBeautifulFacesMemoriesSecretConsciousnessCuttingOne ThingEvolutionLoversMountainCreaturesYears AgoFellowsCreatorStrangerNostalgiaCoffeeTricksBitterThanksRecognitionBelongingDividesIronicSelf ConsciousnessAstonishmentSeparatingBeautiful FaceReal Feelings Book:PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
“Because you have no memory for things that happened ten or twenty years ago, you're still mouthing the same nonsense as two thousand years ago. Worse, you cling with might and main to such absurdities as 'race,' 'class,' 'nation,' and the obligation to observe a religion and repress your love.” YearsStillsTwoMightNationsMemoriesRaceClassHappenedThousandTenYears AgoTwentiesObligationNonsenseThousand YearsAbsurdityNo Memory Author:Wilhelm Reich
“Are you in pain, Frodo?' said Gandalf quietly as he rode by Frodo's side. 'Well, yes I am,' said Frodo. 'It is my shoulder. The wound aches, and the memory of darkness is heavy on me. It was a year ago today.' 'Alas! there are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured,' said Gandalf. 'I fear it may be so with mine,' said Frodo. 'There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same. I am wounded with knife, sting, and tooth, and a long burden. Where shall I find rest?' Gandalf did not answer.” YearsWellsMayLongSaidRealSeemsTodayPainSidesMemoriesAnswersDarknessMinesYears AgoBurdenHeavyWoundsShouldersTeethKnivesWoundedAcheAlasFrodoReturn Of The KingShire Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“Twenty or thirty years ago, in the army, we had a lot of obscure adventures, and years later we tell them at parties, and suddenly we realize that those two very difficult years of our lives have become lumped together into a few episodes that have lodged in our memory in a standardized form, and are always told in a standardized way, in the same words. But in fact that lump of memories has nothing whatsoever to do with our experience of those two years in the army and what it has made of us.” WayYearsMadeTwoFactsTogetherFormDifficultRealizingMemoriesPartyOur LivesAdventureYears AgoArmyTwentiesThirtyTwo YearsEpisodesObscureOur MemoriesThirty YearsLumps Author:Vaclav Havel
“'The best thing about hunting and fishing,' the Old Man said, 'is that you don't have to actually do it to enjoy it. You can go to bed every night thinking about how much fun you had twenty years ago, and it all comes back clear as moonlight.'” ThinkingMenYearsSaidNightFunEnjoyMemoriesClearBedYears AgoTwentiesBest ThingsFishingOld ManHuntingEvery NightMoonlightDoingsHunting And FishingMoonshineNight ThinkingCherish The Memories Book:Old Man’s Boy Grows Up Source: Old Man’s Boy Grows Up