Subject: Intelligence » Memory (Page 2)

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

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

(1975 – ) actor, director, screenwriter & producer

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

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

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

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Recollect: To recall with additions something not previously known.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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


Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn't remember the lines.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

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

I know this music from memory, not from the music.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

I am in the prime of senility.

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

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

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

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

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

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

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

The chance of forgetting something is directly proportional to… to…

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

(1533 – 1592) French writer

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

(1925 – 2013) British prime minister & politician