I never prepare a speech. I never think when I give a speech, except for "don't embarrass yourself or others," meaning "remember the names of the people you have to thank. "
My identity is deeply intertwined with being a refugee because that's the first experience that I remember.
Time was when people used to brag about how old they were - and I am old enough to remember it.
Why is it only in darkness that we remember what sustained us even in the light?
I stay balanced by remembering to prioritize. What is most important should never be railroaded by the "tyranny of the urgent. "
I do not remember when I said this [oil production would collapse ], maybe in the heat of the moment, but I do not think I even said it, but I may just not remember it. I was saying that at a certain level of oil prices new deposits will not be explored. That is what is actually happening. However, surprisingly, our oil and gas workers [mainly oilmen] continue to invest.
Who writes your name in letters of smoke among the stars of the south? Oh let me remember you as you were before you existed.
I went to London a lot as a young designer because London was a major inspiration, not only for the clothes but the sense of freedom. I remember going to see a stage production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in the mid Eighties and loving the mix of Goth and humor, and in my shows I've always liked to play jokes and have fun.
I want you to remember the guiding principles of my life. You can be what you want to be, if you believe in yourself and work hard, because anything, and I'm telling you anything, is possible.
Would I if I could by pushing a button would I kill five thousand Chinamen if I could save my brother from anything. Well I was very fond of my brother and I could completely imagine his suffering and I replied that five thousand Chinamen was something I could not imagine and so it was not interesting. One has to remember that about imagination, that is when the world gets dull when everybody does not know what they can or what they cannot really imagine.
Never let anyone try and make you into something that you're not. Remember what it is that you want, and always stay strong in that.
Thank God, I'm actually infatuated and in love with what I do, therefore I am what I do. So I never have to forget [any of my ideas] because I never have to remember, I just am. I don't need to write stuff down.
Live a life worth remembering.
[Facebook] is shaping a broader web. If you look back for the past five or seven years, the story about social networking has really been about getting people connected. . . But if you look forward for the next five years, I think that the story people are going to remember five years from now isn't how this one site was built; it is how every single service that you use is now going to be better with your friends.
Remember: Always walk in the light. And if you feel like you're not walking in it, go find it. Love the light.
The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.
Do not do what you cannot continue to deliver. For, remember, the world wants to see a continuity of delivery of set standards. . . !
American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves.
We're straying from the path of salvation because we remember that we once belonged to the world and were content in that belonging.
Remembering is part of thinking, but not all of it.