Most of our oldest memories are the product of repeated rehearsal and reconstruction.

Quote by Ulric Neisser

Topics: Memory Quotes

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a...

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a...

She said I bet you dont remember me And I said only every other memory.

She said I bet you dont remember me And I said only every other memory.

(History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul

(History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul

We must always have old memories and young hopes

We must always have old memories and young hopes

We have all forgot more than we remember

We have all forgot more than we remember

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.

Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories...

We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories...

For me, photographs take their power from memory and emotion. A picture tells its own...

For me, photographs take their power from memory and emotion. A picture tells its own...

If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about...

If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about...

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend...

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend...

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good; and thanks to this artifice...

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good; and thanks to this artifice...

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Liars need good memories

Liars need good memories

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...