Forgets Quotes

If a country forgets where it came from, how will its people know who they are?

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.

What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.

Authority forgets a dying king.

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.

The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close.

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time they reach New York, they are like Golden Bantam that has been trucked up from Texas - stale and unprofitable. The consumer forgets that the corn tastes different where it grows.

The artist discards all theories, both his own and those of others. He forgets everything when he is in front of his canvas.

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.

No actor ever forgets a role, so I should have realized something was wrong.

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.

Well, I think everybody's a little jealous of the Vietnam Wall, even people from wars that already have good monuments. You have a monument like the Wall and nobody ever forgets your war, you can bet on that.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.

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

I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.

September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11.