Subject: Intelligence » Memory

She has a photogenic memory.

You never realize what a good memory you have until you try to forget something.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything one learned in school.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

You will need three umbrellas: one to leave at the office, one to leave at home, and one to leave on the train.

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 have a memory like an elephant; in fact, elephants often consult me.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

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

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

(1533 – 1592) French writer

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

(1876 – 1944) American author, humorist & columnist

I can’t think of anything worse after a night of drinking than waking up next to someone and not being able to remember their name, or how you met, or why they’re dead.

(1969 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

There are three side effects of acid; enhanced long term memory, decreased short term memory… and I forget the third.


Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

I am in the prime of senility.

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

I saw a commercial on late night TV, it said,“Forget everything you know about slipcovers,” so I did, and it was a load off my mind; then the commercial tried to sell me slipcovers, and I didn’t know what the hell they were.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

I have an amazing ability to forget.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.

American entrepreneur & author

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

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

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

Forget that guy – just illiterate him from your memory.

Put it out of your mind; in no time, it will be a forgotten memory.

(1879 – 1974) film producer