Subject: Intelligence » Memory (Page 3)

You never know how much a man can't remember until he is called as a witness.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions – he had money, too.

(1925 – 2013) British prime minister & politician

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

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

I have always had a bad memory, as far back as I can remember.


I constantly walk into a room and I don’t remember why.; but for some reason, I think there’s going to be a clue in the fridge.

(1964 – ) Canadian stand-up comedian, actress & television host

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.

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

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

(1874 – 1963) American poet

Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature; and another woman to help him forget them.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

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

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

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

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Senility: The pleasantly rueful experience of forgetting what we’ve forgotten.

One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

She has a photogenic memory.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

(1875 – 1965) German/French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician & medical missionary

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

A good storyteller is a person with a good memory and hopes other people haven't.

(1876 – 1944) American author, humorist & columnist

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

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer