Schacter Quotes & Sayings

Now 'Boondock II,' people are gonna see it because they liked the first one. There won't be very many people who go see it who aren't familiar with the first one. — Sean Patrick Flanery

When a girl trudged through the rain at midnight to knock at the Devil's door, the Devil should at least have the depravity - if not the decency - to answer. — Tessa Dare

A river season will last as long as it takes you to reach your new
place. If you get into the river and let it take you where you need to
be, your river season will last an afternoon. But if you fear change
and struggle and hold on to the rocks, the river season will last and
last. It will not end until your body becomes exhausted, your grip
weakens, your hands slide off the rocks and the current takes you to
your new place. — Andrew Kaufman

Thus, the "memories" that people reported contained little information about the event they were trying to recall (the speaker's tone of voice) but were greatly influenced by the properties of the retrieval cue that we gave them (the positive or negative facial expression). — Daniel L. Schacter

Memory is set up to use the past to imagine the future. — Daniel Schacter

The days we shared I alone would remember now.
I suddenly felt less real. — Robin Hobb

The process is important, regardless of the outcome, just ask Schacter.
( ... )mental health ... is not a destination but a process. It's about how you drive, not where you're going. The therapist is like a driving instuctor, not a chauffeur. — Noam Shpancer

The truest state of humanity is that you're living for other people. — Joe Flanigan

If more designers had bad backs, we would have more good chairs. — Ralph Caplan

Isn't hate merely the result of wounded love? — Amy Tan

Experiences that we remember intrusively, despite desperately wanting to banish them from our minds, are closely linked to, and sometimes threaten, our perceptions of who we are and who we would like to be. — Daniel L. Schacter

I sighed. "What can I do to convince you that I'm all right?" "Pick up the phone more often, for starters," she said grimly. — Deborah Harkness

Don't let the Devil get you down. — Gareth Jefferson Jones

Memory's vices are also its virtues, elements of a bridge across time that allows us to link the mind with the world. — Daniel Schacter

My work is intensely personal. — Andres Serrano

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur. — Jostein Gaarder

Memory is not a simple replay. The bits of information that we recover from the past are often influenced by our knowledge, beliefs and feelings. — Daniel Schacter

I didn't used to be like this. I didn't believe in love and romance and swooning. My default setting was bitch — Elizabeth Norris

He said "Love ... as I have loved you." We cannot love too much. — Amy Carmichael

No revolution creates a wholly new universe. Rather, it reflects the history and culture that spawned it. — Lillian B. Rubin

Faythe ... ?" The tremor in his voice broke my heart. Then understanding surfaced, and his tear-filled eyes searched mine desperately. "No. No," he whispered through clenched teeth. "This was not wrong. It's the only thing I've done right in months. Don't you dare regret this. — Rachel Vincent