Subject: Intelligence » Memory (Page 2)

It’s difficult to remember when you haven’t played it before.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

Your marriage is in trouble if your wife says, 'You're only interested in one thing,' and you can't remember what it is.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

I had amnesia… once or twice.


Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

When you become senile, you won't know it.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.

My fairy Godmother once asked me if I’d rather have a long penis or a long memory… I forget what my answer was.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

Maybe that's all that family really is, a group of people who all miss the same imaginary place.

(1975 – ) actor, director, screenwriter & producer

You ever drive around with an old person who knows where everything didn't used to be?

American stand-up comedian

I have an amazing ability to forget.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

Right now I’m having amnesia and deja vu at the same time — I think I’ve forgotten this before.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I am in the prime of senility.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

(1533 – 1592) French writer

I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

I remember when Grandpa’s memories started to go; it was the day I caught him urinating with the door open… which is not a huge deal, but it’s annoying when I’m trying to drive.

Canadian comedian & actor

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

She has a photogenic memory.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor