Forgetting Quotes

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What really amazed me was when I sent a suit out for cleaning, forgetting that $700 was in the pocket. They sent the suit back… — Mike Tyson
There is too little idea of personal responsibility; too much of "the world owes me a living," forgetting that if the world does owe you… — Theodore Newton Vail
The fact the enemies of God must face is that modern civilization has conquered the world, but in doing so has lost its soul. And… — Fulton J. Sheen
When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten; when the belt fits, the belly is forgotten; when the heart is right, "for" and "against" are… — Zhuangzi
We lose the forest for the trees, forgetting, even so far as we think at all, that we are trustees for those who come after… — Learned Hand
Life cannot go on without much forgetting. — Honore de Balzac
Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Some of the more fatuous flag-waving Americans are in danger of forgetting that you can't extract gratitude as you would extract a tooth; that unless… — Max Lerner
What a poem means is as much what it means to others as what it means to the author; and indeed, in the course of… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened… — David Brin
Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as… — Albert J. Nock
Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture. — Albert J. Nock
I'm a mum, so my wardrobe consists of sweaters and jeans. As long as I don't leave the house forgetting my jeans, I count that… — Gail Porter
I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150 years or so.… — John Shelton Reed
Forgiving is all; forgetting is another thing. — Bob Rae
Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things… — Dogen
There is a strong moralistic strain in the civil rights movement that would remind us that power corrupts, forgetting that the absence of power also… — Bayard Rustin
For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding.… — Jacques Attali
I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're… — Juliette Binoche
I wasn't a very good waitress, always spilling things on people and forgetting things. I once spilled ashes all over Mike Wallace's table. — Tracy Pollan

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