Quotes About Recollection

Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph has been permanently inscribed on their arm.

History and memory share events; that is, they share time and space. Every moment is two moments.

I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.

If you do something for the first time, you will always remember it. If your Dad has something to do with it, you write about it.

Can I say anything good about Ken Livingstone? A long time ago he did some good things, but I can't now remember what any of them were.

Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap.

And if Time is anything akin to God, I suppose that Memory must be the Devil.

You never forget where you were when you write a song; it's a very proper memory, so I knew exactly where I was and what I was doing for each track. It was like going into a time machine.

I think any time you play your first NHL game, you remember that.

Her many achievements will be appreciated more as time goes on.

Sweet Memory! wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail.

It's like I'm stuck in a time bubble. Memories keep coming back, and of course, memories are a huge part of literature and cinema, from "Stand by Me" to "Blade Runner."

An adventure is never an adventure while it's happening. Challenging experiences need time to ferment, and adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquillity.

All of this happened a long time ago. But not so long ago that everyone who played a part in it is dead. Some can still be met in dark old rooms with nurses in attendance.

Memory is a stopgap for humans, for whom time flies and what is passed is passed.

I'm trying to think of the last time I had onions.

The eye - which sees all objects reversed - retains the images for some time.

Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him.

I don't care where you are, but the fans only remember your last time at bat.

The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.

Dates are hard to remember because they consist of figures; figures are monotonously unstriking in appearance, and they don't take hold, they form no pictures, and so they give the eye no chance to help. Pictures are the thing. Pictures can make dates stick.

The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened." Mark Twain

If we never lied , there would be nothing to remember.