Mary Karr Quotes

I have a phenomenal memory. I remember every single thing that anybody said to me, ever did to me, who was nice to me and who was not nice to me.

I have a good memory for early life. My visual memory is good about childhood and adolescence, and less good in the last 10 years. I could probably tell you less what happened in the last 10 years. I remember what houses looked like, sometimes they just pop into my head.

I have a very vivid memory.

I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face.

I've actually got quite a good memory. I've good recall. It's often things which other people might not notice.

I have a very good memory for scripts. I can watch a show I like once, then remember about 90% of the script. But ask me who was in it, and I wouldn't have a clue.

I come from a family who prided themselves, both sides, on memory. And I was told growing up, constantly, that I was born with a really good memory.

I've always been able to recount things, and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.

I have a great memory. And actually, I remember Russia in some ways better than I remember Queens.

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

Memory has always fascinated me. Think of it. You can recall at will your first day in high school, your first date, your first love.

About the only thing that I have - or had, because it's failing me lately - is my memory. I had a really good memory. I was always terribly protective of that fact.

I was trying to figure out what a memory feels like.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

You never realize what a good memory you have until you try to forget something.

I'm thankful that my memory is good because my vision is going.

I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.

I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.

I had a memory span about as long as the lines in a school play.

I have an excellent memory, a most excellent memory.

As a child, I learned hundreds of poems by heart, which I can recite to this day.