Fortunate Quote by Malcolm Forbes Download Open image “Isn't it fortunate how selective our recollections usually are.” — Malcolm Forbes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fortunate Inspirational Love Memories Memory Recollection Selective
I'm just lucky. I do have very clear memories of childhood. I find that many people don't, but I'm just very fortunate that I… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
So much of the past in encapsulated in the odds and ends. Most of us discard more information about ourselves than we ever care… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
Most of what we know about human life we know from asking people to remember the past, and as we know, hindsight is anything… — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
We seem to live in a world where forgetting and oblivion are an industry in themselves and very, very few people are remotely interested… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
What we know of other people's only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Memory is fiction. We select the brightest and the darkest, ignoring what we are ashamed of, and so embroider the broad tapestry of our… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
When the most important times are occurring, we don't even recognize them or notice. We are just busy living our lives. Only looking back… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
I must admit that it seems like my mind really reconstructs some things, and in a very - I just know that it seems… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
When we are aware of what we do have, we are a lot less inclined to obsess about all the things we don't have. — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
It is strange but true that although we may have learned all sorts of important facts while raising our own children, when we become… — Eda LeShan Copy Share Image
Can you understand why the Congress, most states and most cities refuse to pass legislation requiring the registration and licensing of any and all… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody can be a success who doesn't like what they do. [But it's] no job if it has no challenge; there's… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Why, just a couple of economic seasons ago, was idle cash considered an indication of bad management or lazy management? Because it meant that… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response.... Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you might call… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go better. Knowing… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
When you don't understand, it's sometimes easier to look like you do. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Security isn't securities. It's knowing that someone cares whether you are or cease to be. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
It is unfortunate we can't buy many business executives for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
It is indeed a surprising and fortunate fact that nature can be expressed by relatively low-order mathematical functions. — Rudolf Carnap Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I have been very fortunate to have a partner who really stepped up and have wonderful children who do a lot of things that… — Ilhan Omar Copy Share Image
We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy. — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they… — Dai Vernon Copy Share Image
A perfect movie is a different thing, but a funny movie is easy. I was really happy that I got everyone that I got.… — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
We in Illinois are very fortunate to have a number of historic structures that have added immeasurably to the cultural life of the state,… — James R. Thompson Copy Share Image
I can't say it was challenging for me to shake the image of Frasier. I've been fortunate to have had a very interesting career… — Kelsey Grammer Copy Share Image
As a fan of the books, I feel fortunate to be part of 'The Hunger Games' family. It was an amazing experience; I am… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
