Quotes About Forgetfulness

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls, and interesting people. Forget yourself.

People can remember their childhood, but events from four or five years ago are in a never-never land.

I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.

I knew there was something I had to do yesterday. I couldn't remember what it is. I can't figure it out. I know it's a holiday. I know I don't have a meeting. It's very confusing.

I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago.

God is like an umbrella of illusion and belief, In rainy days we use him, in sunny days we forget him.

I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.

Are you still forgetting things?" "I don't know, I can't remember," I said.

Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth

It would have served me right if I'd had a cerebral aneurysm on the spot. Instead, I forgot all about my foot—until we shoved the flat onto the stage. I think we broke my ankle. This is bullshit. I have finals to worry about.

I'd forgotten to close the shutters again, and so woke with the Furnace burning painfully into my eyes. I cursed for a little while, then got up and closed them, because it is better to close the shutters than curse the light, or however that goes. I tried to sleep some more but it didn't take.

Among the Rhivi of North Genabackis, there was a saying. A man who stirs awake the serpent is a man without fear. A man without fear has forgotten the rules of life. Silanah heard their songs and prayers. And she watched. Sometimes mortals did indeed forget. Sometimes, mortals needed… reminding.

When I first went to university, I did a big shop with my dad. We bought loads of stuff but it didn't occur to me that I needed to refrigerate it, so I just put it in my room. I remember thinking, 'What's that smell coming from under the bed?' It was a bag of potatoes. How long does it take for a potato to rot? Months!

Eine Viertelstunde später saß Rjuchin gänzlich einsam vor einer Zärte, leerte dazu ein Glas nach dem andern und war sich bewußt, daß er in seinem Leben nichts mehr ändern, sondern nur noch vergessen konnte.

Surtout les vieillards sont dangereux, à qui le souvenir des choses passées demeure, et qui ont perdu le souvenir de leurs redites.

Our eyes are on the past, and our imaginations fly to the future. This makes us impervious to the present moment. So we forget to be kind. We forget to say hello to a stranger or listen to a friend. We forget to be good to ourselves.

Zupe?nie jasne – potwierdzi? kot, zapominaj?c, ?e mia? by? milcz?c? halucynacj?.

La lutte de l'homme contre le pouvoir est la lutte de la mémoire contre l'oubli.

Le degré de lenteur est directement proportionnel à l'intensité de la mémoire ; le degré de la vitesse est directement proportionnel à l'intensité de l'oubli.

Per liquidare i popoli (..) si comincia col privarli della memoria. Si distruggono i loro libri, la loro cultura, la loro storia. E qualcun altro scrive loro altri libri, li fornisce di un'altra cultura, inventa per loro un'altra Storia. Dopo di che il popolo comincia lentamente a dimenticare quello che è e quello che è stato. E il mondo attorno a lui lo dimentica ancora più in fretta

tal é a lei da memória masoquista: à medida que trechos da sua vida caem no esquecimento, o homem desembaraça-se daquilo de que não gosta e sente-se mais leve, mais livre.

La velocidad es directamente proporcional al olvido

Se estudamos, discutimos, analisamos uma realidade, analisamo-la tal como aparece no nosso espírito, na nossa memória. Só conhecemos a realidade no tempo passado. Não a conhecemos tal como é no momento presente, no momento em que ela se passa, em que ela é. Ora o momento presente não se assemelha à sua recordação. A recordação não é a negação do esquecimento. A recordação é uma forma de esquecimento.

Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical?