Poor Memory Quotes

• It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.

  Lewis Carroll

  Memories, Carpe Diem, Vision

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (1872)

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• The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.

  Oscar Wilde

  Memories, Men, Poor

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• I have a poor memory for names; but I seldom remember a face.

  W. C. Fields

  Funny, Memories, Humorous

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• Every one complains of a poor memory, no one of a weak judgment.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Memories, Complaining, Judgment

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• There is nothing that makes a man more self-satisfied than a poor memory.

  Herbert V. Prochnow

  Memories, Men, Self

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• Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success.

  Herman Cain

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

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• Shame has poor memory.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Memories, Shame, Poor

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• Sometimes he felt sure that the key to happiness was a poor memory.

  Ann Brashares

  Memories, Keys, Sometimes

  Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.172, Penguin

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• But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

  Suzanne Collins

  Memories, Stupid, Thinking

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”, p.297, Scholastic

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• I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.

  Paul Nurse

  Memories, Enough Time, Examination

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