Absentminded Quotes

6 quotes by 6 authors

• The proverbial German phenomenon of the verb-at-the-end about which droll tales of absentminded professors who would begin a sentence, ramble on for an entire lecture,… — Douglas Hofstadter
• It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's… — Gordon Getty
• I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• Her definition of romance was absentminded intimacy, the way someone else's hand stray to your plate of food. I replied: no, that's just friendship; romance… — Kamila Shamsie
• Doras II was a somewhat absentminded king, It is said, when Death came to summon him, Doras granted Death the usual formal audience and then… — Diana Wynne Jones
• I can make things, but I don't cook them, exactly. Like salmon, I can stick that in a pan. Or the other day I made… — Paula Poundstone

Who Wrote These Absentminded Quotes

6 authors contributed a total of 6 Absentminded Quotes as follows:

• 1 Absentminded Quote by Douglas Hofstadter
• 1 Absentminded Quote by Gordon Getty
• 1 Absentminded Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton
• 1 Absentminded Quote by Kamila Shamsie
• 1 Absentminded Quote by Diana Wynne Jones
• 1 Absentminded Quote by Paula Poundstone