Absent Minded Quotes

18 quotes by 18 authors

• I believe in the gods; or rather I believe that I believe in the gods. But I don't believe that they are great brooding presences… — Jean Giraudoux
• I must be getting absent-minded. Whenever I complain that things aren't what they used to be, I always forget to include myself. — George Burns
• The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special qualities, on the… — Leo Tolstoy
• Do not talk to me of Archimedes' lever. He was an absent-minded person with a mathematical imagination. Mathematics commands my respect, but I have no… — Joseph Conrad
• Slothful, feeble, pretentious, pedantic, elitist - these are some of the epithets that eventually become associated with the absent minded scholar, the poor sighted reader,… — Alberto Manguel
• I'm sure a psychologist would see something highly significant in how absent-minded I am. I mean I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to… — Alexei Sayle
• The Fates, like an absent-minded printer, seldom allow a single line to stand perfect and unmarred. — George Santayana
• Old men when they begin to hear the last trumpet, on the morning breeze, often have a kind of absent-minded smile; like people listening. And… — Joyce Cary
• The secret motive of the absent-minded is to be innocent while guilty. Absent-mindedness is spurious innocence. — Saul Bellow
• I'm not the greatest boyfriend, but I'm not a creep. It's more like I'm... absent-minded. — Matt Dillon
• I'm the classic absent-minded professor: I'm very focused on something, and meanwhile, I've left the refrigerator door open for hours. — Jewel
• Take almost any path you please, and ten to one it carries you down in a dale, and leaves you there by a pool in… — Herman Melville
• Because I’m a cat. A big one, the Panther of Rough Storms, in fact. But still a cat. If there’s a saucer of milk to… — Catherynne M. Valente
• I left parts of myself everywhere, The way absent-minded people leave Gloves and umbrellas Whose colors are sad from dispensing so much bad luck — Charles Simic
• If I am recalling an incident very vividly I go back to the instant of its occurrence; I become absent minded, as you say. I… — H.G. Wells
• Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absent-minded. Someone sober will worry about events going badly. Let the lover be. — Jalal-Uddin Rumi
• I am a gifted absent-minded person who honks the horn at speed breakers / speed bumps. — Mohit Sharma
• I'm a rare kind,I mean I'm absent minded,I did lost my mind,but can't go to hell coz that's where I will find it. — Curtis Mayne

Who Wrote These Absent Minded Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 18 Absent Minded Quotes as follows:

• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Joyce Cary
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Saul Bellow
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Matt Dillon
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Jewel
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Herman Melville
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Catherynne M. Valente
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Charles Simic
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by H.G. Wells
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Jalal-Uddin Rumi
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Mohit Sharma
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Curtis Mayne
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Jean Giraudoux
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by George Burns
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Leo Tolstoy
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Joseph Conrad
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Alberto Manguel
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by Alexei Sayle
• 1 Absent Minded Quote by George Santayana