Retentive Quotes

14 quotes by 12 authors

The moderate are not usually the most sincere, for the same circumspection which makes them moderate makes them likewise retentive of what could give offence. — Walter Savage Landor
Perhaps art is simply an organism's reaction against its retentive limitations. — Joseph Brodsky
Yes, anally retentive men are my forte! — Geoffrey Rush
The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient-at others so bewildered and weak-and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! — Jane Austen
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. — Elbert Hubbard
Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory. — Harvey Mackay
One argument against open systems is that they become open to everything, good and bad. Like a Richard Meier skyscraper, the anal retentive, Bauhaus elegance… — Douglas Rushkoff
If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than the rest, I do think it is memory. There seems something more… — Jane Austen
I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Part of the function of memory is to forget; the omni-retentive mind will break down and produce at best an idiot savant who can recite… — Christopher Hitchens
There is no memory or retentive faculty based on lasting impression. What we designate as memory is but increased responsiveness to repeated stimuli. — Nikola Tesla
As a person with the retentive mental capacity of a goldfish and a dislike of repetition, I frequently make use of the thesaurus built into… — Meg Rosoff
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.… — Elbert Hubbard
I'm anal retentive. I'm a workaholic. I have insomnia. And I'm a control freak. That's why I'm not married. Who could stand me? — Madonna

Who Wrote These Retentive Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 14 Retentive Quotes as follows: