Quotes about Recollection

36 quotes about Recollection

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about recollection

Although present on the occasion, I have no clear...

Although present on the occasion, I have no clear recollection of the events leading up to it.

Quote by Winston Churchill about recollection

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance...

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about recollection

Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it...

Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it.

Quote by Edna O'Brien about recollection

Remember, if you do the same act for 20, 30 years it gets a little boring unless you've got something else going for you, and the orchestra really kept you going. They'd laugh at all your jokes, even if they'd been hearing them for the last 30 years.

Quote by Donald O'Connor about recollection

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to...

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total.

Quote by Tillie Olsen about recollection

I want it to be remembered that Ozzy was the first...

I want it to be remembered that Ozzy was the first celebrity who was brave enough to open up his private life to the public. He was the first.

Quote by Sharon Osbourne about recollection

The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies...

The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.

Quote by Camille Paglia about recollection

When they say you're the best, I always remember that the...

When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award.

Quote by Brad Paisley about recollection

I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting...

I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring. It's a grave thing, getting married.

Quote by Gwyneth Paltrow about recollection

I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half...

I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about recollection

It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.

Quote by Gilbert Parker about recollection

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

Quote by Gilbert Parker about recollection

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world....

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.

Quote by Gilbert Parker about recollection

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to...

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free so other people would be also free.

Quote by Rosa Parks about recollection

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will...

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Quote by Rosa Parks about recollection

It is not that the child lives in a world of imagination, but that the child within us survives and starts into life only at rare moments of recollection, which makes us believe, and it is not true, that, as children, we were imaginative?

Quote by Cesare Pavese about recollection

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

Quote by Cesare Pavese about recollection

We do not remember days, we remember moments. The...

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

Quote by Cesare Pavese about recollection

I can always remember that experience in Hawaii...

I can always remember that experience in Hawaii pleasantly on account of Elvis.

Quote by Minnie Pearl about recollection

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