Samuel Beckett Quotes

I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.

My teammates will tell you I find it hard to remember what happened two weeks earlier, let alone what happened a decade and a half back.

I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago.

I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face.

Memory is the thing you forget with.

Remembering is the most overrated thing. Forgetting is far superior.

But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget.

I remember everything, even the dates. But I don't want others to remember the details, just the image.

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

I have a great memory.

I've always been forgetful.

I can remember weird things from way back, but not what I had for breakfast.

Why is it that I can remember so easily the lyrics to the opening theme song of 'Gilligan's Island?' Why do I remember these trivial things, and I can't remember the names of important collaborators?

For someone who can’t remember very much, there seems to be a lot I can’t forget.

People sometimes forget when you remember, but they always remember when you forget.

I feel that there is no such thing as ultimate forgetting; traces once impressed upon the memory are indestructible.

Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.

He who forgets will be destined to remember.

Women forget all the things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget.

Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

Recalling, for me, is a great way of living, so not to forget.

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget.

Some things we forget. But many things we remember on the mental screen, which is the biggest screen of all.

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.