Quotes About Forgetfulness

History repeats itself over and over again, but most of us have short memories.

Stephen King says that if you forget an idea, then it can't have been any good. He means he, not you. You are not Stephen King. Do not attempt to emulate Stephen King at home.

Most movies, I forget about them while I'm watching them. I go every single day. But I've never thought about participating in any way. It's like being at home all day. It was never a goal to me.

Captivated by its discipline, humanity forgets and goes on forgetting that it is the discipline of chess players, not of angels.

To postpone unpleasantness is human; to forget it is divine.

Right now I'm having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.

First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.

I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.

I don't know why my brain has kept all the words to the Gilligan's Island theme song and has deleted everything about triangles.

All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.

Because you've been on dates where y'know, you forget to open your eyes and wear pants and speak English.

So I met the bloke who invented crosswords today. I can't remember his name, it's P something T something R.

I moved into an all-electric house. I forgot and left the porch light on all day. When I got home the front door wouldn't open.

I went to the hardware store to buy some batteries, but they weren't included, so I had to buy them again.

I guess I forgot we were going out tonight.""We always go out on Fridays.""It's Thursday, Alvis.""You are so tied to routine.

I can't seem to recall if I've ever had amnesia before.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and... the third I can't remember.

I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is.

I've got "Sometimers." Sometimes I remember and sometimes I forget.

The ability to forget is a blessing, just like memory is.

Remember: if you see something, say nothing, and drink to forget.

You are only happy in life if you forget the bad things and focus on the good things

More important than learning how to recall things is finding ways to forget things that are cluttering the mind.