Al Lewis Quotes

People talk about the brain weakening as it ages. Mine feels stronger.

As you get older, you worry about your memory.

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.

Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still retains vividly those of earlier years.

It's obvious that my brain isn't what it used to be.

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.

You know, as you get older, the first thing you lose is memory. It seems to be happening with me.

Grandmasters decline with age. That's a given. There is nothing special about the age of 40, but age eventually takes its toll. That much is clear. Beyond that, it's about how long you can put off the effects and compensate for them. Mistakes will crop in, but you try to compensate for them with experience and hard work.

When you deal with a person who's experiencing dementia, you can see where they're struggling with knowledge. You can see what they forget completely, what they forget but they know what they once knew. You can tell how they're trying to remember.

My memory's pretty much gone.

I remember things that happened sixty years ago, but if you ask me where I left my car keys five minutes ago, that's sometimes a problem.

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

My wife is troubled by the things I forget. I am troubled by the things she recollects.

I have a great memory.

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.

My memory's not too good.

My brain- the older I get, it holds even less. There's not the capacity I would wish there to be.

Scientists have discovered that, as we age, our brains act like computers with fuller and fuller hard drives. So when we're trying to recall a fact or a word or a name, it takes us longer, because - to put it scientifically - our brains hold a lot of 'stuff.'

I'm 57 years old, and I host a quiz show every single day. I got asked in a recent interview, did I feel that hosting a quiz show helps keep my brain sharp? And I asked - would you ask Stephen Fry that question, who is exactly the same age as me? Somehow, I'm managing to stand up and stay cogent despite my incredible age.

I'm not as sharp as I used to be.

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

Just because you're old that doesn't mean you're more forgetful. The same people whose names I can't remember now I couldn't remember fifty years ago. . .

I must admit I am nervous about getting Alzheimer's. Once it hits, I might tell my best joke and never know it.