Joshua Foer
Related Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I'm, like, really bad at remembering names. DASHA ZHUKOVA We feel that numbers are not as bad as people think as a few high profile names have reported below ... ED KEON As a culture, we decide what is a good word and we decide what is a bad word and that's changing ove... CAROL BRUESS Many confuse things with their names. This is a mistake. A name is only a word and a word will never... ROSELYNN CANNES, FALLEN DAVID A. BEDNAR Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... Both word of mouth and accolades such as our recognition as one of Consulting Magazine's seven Small... DEAN FISCHER A prophetic word is the most precious word that comes from the mouth of God as we hold on tight to o... тαмιℓιαηρσηηυ DAVID BECKHAM I'm horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. SAM TRAMMELL DAVID LACHAPELLE E. LOCKHART BRENé BROWN SUSAN BETH PFEFFER DEYTH BANGER The words you can’t find, you borrow.GABRIELLE ZEVIN We have learned many important lessons from our Georgian colleagues and our Ukrainian colleagues. We... ISA GAMBAR TRACY LETTS NORMAN MAILER Too often, people are left hanging with no word at all about why the approval is delayed. We call an... IMAD HAMAD The bad angels were the jinn, and the good angels were the jinn too, and we spoke to them both in th... HANNAH LILLITH ASSADI MONTEL WILLIAMS The FBI would have had the names, the phone numbers, and their addresses in some cases. DAVID RASKIN Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS STARHAWK THICH NHAT HANH We have had great cooperation from the community, ... As soon as we get word that it is safe, we are... BOB MARTIN MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M CHARLES SPURGEON NEIL GAIMAN SUNDAY ADELAJA We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we, from time to time, most grievo... CAMILLA BOWLES We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we, from time to time, most grievo... CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES We do marketing on our own as a method of getting the word out to tennis fans. We have tried various... BRAD PEARCE We are glad that our colleagues have allowed us to host the commission and the challenge for us will... MARIA MUTAGAMBA It is really important for these guys to get born in captivity, ... We learn a lot from our Chinese ... SUZAN MURRAY As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have... JACK ANTONOFF We take a cavalier approach to Scripture at our own peril. If the scientific and historical accounts... CRAIG OLSON “A writer soon learns that easy to read is hard to write ...” CJ HECK MICHELLE OBAMA Don't just take it for granted because they give you three names and three phone numbers. Check the ... DON COHEN J.R.R. TOLKIEN DEREK JARMAN Smoking is bad for you. You don't have to take my word for that. Just look a package of cigarettes a... MARK ROGERSON RALPH WALDO EMERSON We can't go on with business as usual at Magic Waters, ... Looking at the numbers and statistics, we... DOUG BROOKS We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO DONALD WUERL PAUL STAMETS NOREENA HERTZ BUDDHA The standard way to record a meeting is to list people's names, the topics, and action items. Th... TOM WUJEC DEREK JARMAN DEREK JARMAN CHARLES SPURGEON We want to keep their names and memories alive. HELEN GLASSMAN We have been encouraged to take advantage of our freedom, and the media has taken the authorities at... MUHAMMAD WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we ne... WILLIAM ORVILLE DOUGLAS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN As I reflect on all my friends and colleagues in my life on this special occasion... Mother is only ... MARK W BOYER This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN DEYTH BANGER As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like ... CALVIN TRILLIN We are sickened at the beatings and assaults on our colleagues by the RNA and police. WARREN CHRISTOPHER I never had any childhood, for the word means sunshine and freedom from care. I had a starved and pi... FRANK LESLIE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW JAMES ARTHUR BALDWIN JAMES ARTHUR BALDWIN We learn the meaning of each word and we have to know what part of speech the word is. KATHY STAGEBERG JOYCE MEYER JON KABAT-ZINN I have voluntarily canceled the eBay auction upon receiving word from one of Jennifer's representati... MICHAEL BARONI We have received instructions from the U.N. to go back to Baghdad and we are doing that now. ABDULLAH ODEH We [are] prepared to move them as soon as we get instructions to do so, TOM ELLIS We hope that American shuttles will resume regular flights and we are offering our NASA colleagues t... ALEXEI KRASNOV We are trying to work our way through the list, and as you heard, the city is trying to do that as w... ANN WRIGHT As soon as we discovered the phone tapping software, we removed it and informed the state, as was ou... GEORGE KORONIAS The thought manifests the word;JUAN MASCARó ADAM MCKAY VICTOR HUGO We have to accept the consequences of every deed, word and thought throughout
our lifetime. ELISABETH KUBLER ROSS Overall though, we don't see them as being any worse than numbers from elsewhere, in fact they are p... JOHN MEYER Safe' is a very bad word in the stock market. There is no such thing as safe. 'Smart' is a good word... BOB SCHMIDT 'Safe' is a very bad word in the stock market. There is no such thing as safe. 'Smart' is a good wor... BOB SCHMIDT My cell phone is the only one that really works since none of the 504 numbers are really working, so... KATIE KRAMER MAHATMA GANDHI Kids that run from home are not bad kids. They're typically running from bad situations and they're ... MAUREEN BLAHA JOHN BOLTON One word from Chairman Mao is worth ten thousand from others. His every statement is truth. We must ... LIN BIAO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON LISA KLEYPAS
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The Book of Mormon is our handbook of instructions as we travel the pathway from bad to good to bett... 
From the word go, we're going to try and hit them as hard as we can, 
I believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word. 
She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. 
Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for heart. In one of i... 
People see what they want to see 
Who cares what are you eating??
The words you can’t find, you borrow.
The way we tell our stories on stage is that we use spoken word to convey action, and in movies, we ... 
We are in love with the word. We are proud of it. The word precedes the formation of the state. The ... 
We are calling on all Americans to help us spread the word. All of us know someone who needs assista... 
I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of ... 
The word "Witch" carries so many negative connotations that many people wonder why we use the word a... 
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Have we been going up and down in business, and are those round about us as yet unaware of our Chris... 
The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart. We ke... 
We need to mature in the knowledge of God and His word, and then our faith will grow as well 
With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents... 
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These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going ... 
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At the parish level, where the church lives and moves and breathes, that's where we need to be e... 
Nature is a numbers game. We need all the support we can get as our immune systems and health are un... 
We are deluged with information. We have to process now three times as much data as we would have do... 
The thought manifests as the word;
These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to h... 
We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we ne... 
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence. 
We are this fucking stick in the end... 
The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us
as much as the word telephone or mo... 
If the word integration means anything, this is what it means: that we, with love, shall force our b... 
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As we regularly spend time reading God's Word and talking to Him in prayer, we put ourselves in ... 
In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you... 
Word of mouth and the Internet are the only press we have left. 
For words are the Word, and the Word is God. 
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My instructions and my intentions are very clear: which is to move as far and as fast as we can duri... 
If he be Mr. Hyde" he had thought, "I shall be Mr. Seek. 
Rohan’s head lifted. His eyes glowed as if brimstone were contained within the dark-rimmed irises.... 
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I know if I don't look after myself, I will be talking to you in a couple of years' time mum... 
I think it's our obligation as filmmakers, as people investigating the world, to create the real... 
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. 
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A Woman's Question
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Tears are words the mouth can't say nor can the heart bear. 
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All I'm trying to do is not join my ancestral spirits just yet. 
The beauty of a Stradivarius is that you can play in Carnegie Hall without any amplification, and it... 
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A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. 
Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms.