Quotes About Memory

I didn't even go to graduation.

I don't remember at all what was said at my college graduation, and I think that's the case for many people.

My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him.

My grandfather had Alzheimer's. He would eat everything and anything that was around; then he wouldn't remember that he ate it and would demand to be fed again.

My grandma spelled my name wrong until she died. Like literally, birthday cards, mail, everything.

I believe my grandma is watching over me and I draw strength from that.

My grandmother, Betty Bertha Bright, lived in the Armenian block in Kolkata. After '36 Chowringhee Lane,' we haven't seen that part of the city in films.

I didn't actually even really know my grandmother; I must have been 3 or 4 when she died.

My grandmother really wanted to see me become a singer, but she passed away before I became one.

It's your glove, your baseball glove. It's got a soul, a memory all its own, and a future that never fades because it has never let go of the grasp the past has on you and so many others.

As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read.

I don't know a great deal about Alzheimer's - just what it does.

I have a brilliant memory of being driven back to school when 'Super Trouper' was number one in the charts in 1980. When it came on the radio my mum just drove right past the school gates! When you're 11 years old and meant to be going back to boarding school, that's a great feeling.

I can only remember two books from college that moved me: E.M. Forster's 'Howards End' and F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

I have this belief that if you have an idea, and you have to write it down to remember it, then it can't be a great idea.

I have a great respect for people that write. I don't know how they do it every day... or do novels that they have to use their minds instead of just their memories. It's tough duty.

You can read 50 great things about yourself, but the one bad thing will be what you remember most.

I greatly admire how the essence of Nitesh Tiwari's films resonate with you long after you've left the theatre.

I worked as a belly dancer at a Greek restaurant senior year in high school.

The best thing I've ever taken from a set is the rug in Owen and Cristina's apartment on Grey's Anatomy before they broke up.

The past has an undeniable grip on everyone, except, perhaps, amnesiacs.

I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzheimer's. I'm sure it's not true, but I do believe it.

May you live to see the green grass growing over your grave.

The main fear about growing old as an actor is not losing the looks. I never had any to speak of, and what I had I've still got, but losing the memory is another matter.