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Quotes About Forgetfulness

Happy thou art not for what thou hast not still thou striv'est to get and what thou hast forget'est.
~ William Shakespeare
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
~ Steven Wright
All my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was actually Olive.
~ Tallulah Bankhead
You can stump any stoner with one question: What were we just talking about?
~ Jim Breuer
Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges
~ Judy Collins
Frankly, once I've eaten a thing... I don't expect to see it again.
~ Vivian Stanshall
I didn't forget your breakfast. I didn't bring your breakfast. Because you didn't eat your din-din.
~ Bette Davis
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
~ Albert Schweitzer
A Clear Conscience Is Usually the Sign of a Bad Memory. And
~ Unknown
Basta de navegar en el olvido. Basta de bendecirnos en la lluvia. Basta de no ser nadie. Basta de que el placer nos desconozca. Basta de convivir con la derrota. Basta, carajo.
~ Mario Benedetti
Hablo a solas porque tengo miedo de olvidarme de cómo se habla.
~ Mario Benedetti
Life had been a suit I'd only put on for special occasions. Most of the time I kept it in the back of my closet, forgetting it was there. We were meant to die when it was barely stitched anymore, when the elbows and knees were stained with grass and mud, shoulder pads uneven from people hugging you all the time, downpours and blistering sun, the fabric faded, buttons gone.
~ Marisha Pessl
Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember
~ Unknown
When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not; but I am getting old, and soon I shall remember only the latter.
~ Mark Twain
Just because you're old that doesn't mean you're more forgetful. The same people whose names I can't remember now I couldn't remember fifty years ago. . .
~ George Burns
I have a poor memory for names; but I seldom remember a face.
~ W. C. Fields
I'm a psychic amnesiac. I know in advance what I'll forget.
~ Steven Wright
We don't shoot somebody soon, I'm gonna forget how
~ Dave Barry, Big Trouble
Alas! Charles made the promise glibly, and forgot all about it.
~ Unknown
I have this condition I call impromptu senility. I can't remember a damn thing when I don't want to.
~ Unknown
The future always looks good in the golden land, because no one remembers the past.
~ Joan Didion
It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.
~ Unknown
Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth.
~ George Burns
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
~ Ingrid Bergman