Subject: Intelligence » Memory (Page 3)

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

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories.

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

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

A liar should have a good memory.

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

In no time, it will be a forgotten memory.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

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

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

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

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

Forget that guy – just illiterate him from your memory.

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

American entrepreneur & author

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

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

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

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

(1533 – 1592) French writer

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


Recollect: To recall with additions something not previously known.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

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

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