Our Culture Is An Edifice Built Of

Some Memorizers Arbitrarily Associate Each Playing Card With A Familiar Person Or Object, So That The King Of Clubs Is Represented By, Say, Tony Danza. The Grand Masters Associate Each Card With A Person, An Action, Or An Object So That Every Group Of Three Cards Can Be Converted Into A Sentence.

A Meaningful Relationship Between Two People Cannot Sustain Itself Only In The Present Tense.

The Best Memorizers In The World - Who Almost All Hail From Europe - Can Memorize A Pack Of Cards In Less Than A Minute. A Few Have Begun To Approach The 30-second Mark, Considered The 'four-minute Mile Of Memory.'

The Way To Get Better At A Skill Is To Force Yourself To Practice Just Beyond Your Limits.

Our Lives Are The Sum Of Our Memories. How Much Are We Willing To Lose From Our Already Short Lives By … Not Paying Attention?