Memory quotes

“I have a lot of great memories, but I can't imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now.”
Rob Lowe

“The memory is a fallible device.”
Roger Waters - Roger Waters

“That's what Christmas memories are made from, they're not planned, they're not scheduled, nobody puts them in their blackberry, they just happen.”
Kristin Davis - Kelly Finch

“- Joanna: You like sharks?
- Gary: I like the myths. They have limited memory. Maybe only a minute or two. Sounds like a pretty good life to me. Of course, the downside is they can never stop swimming. Even when they're asleep, they have to keep moving forward, 'cause if they stop even for a moment, they'll die.”
Ashley Judd - Joanna
Jason Priestley - Gary

“I saw... one of your memories... and it made me feel something. I learned that we're all part of a never-ending story.”
Martin Umbach - Nimbly

“- John Watson: Are you coming back after the holidays?
- Sherlock Holmes: No. There are too many memories here.
- John Watson: Holmes, you have your entire life ahead of you.
- Sherlock Holmes: And I'll spend it alone.”

Alan Cox - Dr. Watson
Nicholas Rowe - Sherlock Holmes

“- Laura Vasquez: After you flash me, if I see you again will I know it's you?
- Jay: I'll see you, but you won't see me.
- Laura Vasquez: Must be hard. Must be very lonely.”

Rosario Dawson - Laura Vasquez
Will Smith - Jay

“I want to do something with him that's his first time. I’m gonna look in his face when he tries ice cream. Every time he has ice cream for the rest of his life, he's gonna see my fucking face.”
Ryan Gosling - Luke

“- Peter Appleton: Tell me again what a great guy Luke was, 'cause God I haven't heard that enough!
- Adele Stanton: He wouldn've stood up to them.
- Peter Appleton: Yeah well, he's not here... to vouch for that, is he? We have to take your word for it! And forgive me but everybody's memory of Luke is a little rose-colored in this town. Besides,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jim Carrey - Peter Appleton
Laurie Holden - Adele Stanton

“- Du Quois: This is Chevalier, Montage, Detente, Avant Garde, and Deja Vu.
- Deja Vu: Haven't we met before monsieur?
- Nick Rivers: I don't think so.”

Harry Ditson - Du Quois
Jim Carter - Déjà Vu

“Since 9/11, more than 4500 people have been killed in the rising tide of global terror. Those lives will not soon be forgotten as today, the world comes together to take a stand against this violence.”
Brian McGovern - Mark Reinhart

“How can you teach History and have such a short memory?”

Lise Hilboldt - Gretchen Carlsen

“- Trusty: As my grandpappy, Ol' Reliable used to say... I don't recollect that I've ever mentioned Ol' Reliable before?
- Jock: Aye, you have, laddie. Frequently.”
Bill Baucom - Trusty
Bill Thompson - Jock

“Memories won't let you forget. They have a way of boomeranging, changing a life forever.”
Allen Payne - Jason Alexander

“I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain buried along the side of our memories.”
Eugene Hutz - Alex

- Douglas Quaid: Ever heard of rekall? They sell those fake memories.
- Harry: Oh, "rekall, rekall, rekall." You thinking of going there?
- Douglas Quaid: I don't know, maybe.
- Harry: Well, don't. A friend of mine tried one their "special offers", nearly got himself lobotomized.
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Douglas Quaid
Robert Costanzo - Harry

“- Frida Kahlo: What do you think matters most for a good marriage?
- Guillermo Kahlo: A short memory.
- Frida Kahlo: Why did you get married?
- Guillermo Kahlo: I can't remember.”
Salma Hayek - Frida Kahlo
Roger Rees - Guillermo Kahlo

“Will a man, given the history of a killer, continue in that vein? Or are we, in fact, more than the sum of our memories?”

Kiefer Sutherland - Dr. Schreber

“I took everything that was dear to me and transformed it into nothing more than a memory.”
Nick Nolte - Father

“626 was designed to be a monster, but now he has nothing to destroy. You see, I never gave him a greater purpose. What must it be like to have nothing, not even memories to look back on in the middle of the night?”

David Ogden Stiers - Jumba

“- John Smith: See, we've been married for five years.
- Jane Smith: Six.
- John Smith: Five, six years.”

Brad Pitt - John Smith
Angelina Jolie - Jane Smith

“- Ariadne: These aren't just dreams. These are memories. And you said never to use memories.
- Cobb: I know I did.
- Ariadne: You're trying to keep her alive. You can't let her go.
- Cobb: You don't understand. These are moments I regret, the memories that I have to change.”
Ellen Page - Ariadne
Leonardo DiCaprio - Cobb

“- Henry Turner: I live here.
- Bradley, Physical Therapist: No, man this is a pit stop. I hear you got a beautiful place man and your family is gonna be there.
- Henry Turner: You're not gonna be there.
- Bradley, Physical Therapist: No, I gotta hang here.
- Henry Turner: I don't know them.”

Harrison Ford - Henry Turner
Bill Nunn - Bradley, Physical Therapist

“- Emma Murdoch: If it was all you knew, maybe it would be a comfort.
- Mr. Hand: But if you were to discover something different... something better.”

Jennifer Lynn Connelly - Emma Murdoch
Richard O'Brien - Mr. Hand

“- Jack Torrance: Mr. Grady, you were the caretaker here. I recognize ya. I saw your picture in the newspapers. You, uh, chopped your wife and daughters up into little bits. And then you blew your brains out.
- Delbert Grady: That's strange, sir. I don't have any recollection of that at all.”
Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance
Philip Stone - Grady