Forgetfulness quotes

“- Martha Phelps: I'm afraid after we're married awhile, a beautiful young girl will come along and you'll forget all about me.
- Wolf J. Flywheel: Don't be silly. I'll write you twice a week.”
Margaret Dumont - Martha Phelps
Groucho Marx - Wolf J. Flywheel

“Mortals are weak and frail. If their stomach speaks, they forget their brain. If their brain speaks, they forget their heart. And if their heart speaks, they forget everything.”
Rex Ingram - Djinn

- "Gloves" Donahue: Do you remember anything else from your youth?
- Sunshine: Yeah, but they gave me three years to forget.
Humphrey Bogart - "Gloves" Donahue
William Demarest - Sunshine

“- Lloyd Christmas: You know, I don't really recall. Starts with an S! Let's see. Swim? Swammi? Slippy? Slappy? Swenson? Swanson?
- Harry Dunne: Maybe it's on the briefcase.
- Lloyd Christmas: Oh, yeah! It's right here: Samsonite! I was way off! I knew it started with an S, though.”

Jim Carrey - Lloyd Christmas
Jeff Daniels - Harry Dunne

“I can't believe this. They fucking forgot my birthday.”
Molly Ringwald - Samantha

“- Bung: What about the people back home?
- Harry: I suppose it'll be just like it's been after every other war.
- Bill: How's that?
- Harry: A few pods will come up and pat you on the back and tell you what a great bloke you were, that'll last about a week and then nobody will want to hear about it.”
John Hargreaves - Bung
Graham Kennedy - Harry
John Jarratt - Bill

“- Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon): The guy who shot me! The same albino jackrabbit son of a bitch who did Hunsacker.
- Roger Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon): You sure?
- Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon): Yeah, I'm sure man. I never forget an asshole.”
Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs
Danny Glover - Roger Murtaugh

“I never knew someone could forgot so much without a severe blow to the head.”
Peter Gallagher - James Ritchie

“We can put this behind us. Our life can go on. It is not too late.”
Harrison Ford - Norman Spencer

“- Gonzo: Rizzo?
- Rizzo the Rat: No, it's Santa. But I forgot my reindeer.”

Dave Goelz - Gonzo
Steve Whitmire - Rizzo the Rat

“Americans are a good people. They're a just people, Mr. Runyon, and they will forgive you, but they will not forget.”
Jeff Bridges - President Jackson Evans

“- Abe Gorman: But chief I forgot to tell you about...
- Jim Fitzpatrick: Yes you forgot to tell me about hitting an officer over the head. You forgot to tell me about shooting a little girl down in the gutter. You forgot to tell me about killing one of the finest white men that ever lived!”
Nat Pendleton - Abe Gorman
Walter Huston - Jim Fitzpatrick

“- Melinda Moores: Why do you have so many scars?
- John Coffey: Don't really remember, ma'am.”
Patricia Clarkson - Melinda Moores
Michael Clarke Duncan - John Coffey

“- Mike Michaelson: How do you intend to explain his 22-year absence?
- Christof: Amnesia.
- Mike Michaelson: Brilliant.”

Harry Shearer - Mike Michaelson
Ed Harris - Christof

“We all forget things. That's what reminding is for.”
Patrick Bergin - Martin Burney

“- Pastor Rosier Pile: War's way to the other side of the ocean, Alvin. Lots of things can happen before you get there. You put your trust in the Lord, and He'll look out for you.
- Alvin C. York: I done forgot the Lord! I ain't never gonna forget him again!”
Gary Cooper - Alvin C. York
Walter Brennan - Pastor Rosier Pile

“- Captain James Hook: Smee, I don't understand. Why doesn't he fly? Is he not Peter Pan?
- Smee: He's Peter Pan, all right, Captain. He's just been away from Neverland so long, his mind's been junk-tified. He's forgotten everything.”

Dustin Hoffman - Captain James Hook
Bob Hoskins - Smee

“You can't learn by forgetting.”
Will Sampson - Taylor

“- Jay: Wait a minute. You just flash that thing, it erases her memory, and you just make up a new one?
- Kay: A standard issue neuralyzer.”

Will Smith - Jay
Tommy Lee Jones - Kay

“You have forgotten the love of Jesus. You disregard His sacrifice. Death, fear, flames, horror and black clothes. Hold your meeting then, but know if you do this in the name of God and in the house of God, you blaspheme against Him and His Word.”

Walter Pidgeon - Mr. Gruffydd

“- Guildenstern: What's the first thing you remember?
- Rosencrantz: No, it's no good. It was a long time ago.
- Guildenstern: No, you don't take my meaning. What's the first thing you remember after all the things you've forgotten?”
Tim Roth - Guildenstern
Gary Leonard Oldman - Rosencrantz

“- Mickey Gordon: We were great in Paris.
- Ellen Andrews Gordon: Forget Paris.
- Mickey Gordon: Forget Paris? How do you forget the best week in your life?
- Ellen Andrews Gordon: Maybe that's just all we were, just a great week.”
Billy Crystal - Mickey Gordon
Debra Winger - Ellen Andrews Gordon

“No. Too short. Too sweaty. Wait a second! That's the guy. That's the guy who shot him. I never forget a face.”

Michael Chinyamurindi - N'Dugo

“I should have known. A Brazillionaire never forgets.”
Chevy Chase - Chris Thorne

“- Kathleen 'Kat' Harvey: Sometimes I worry that I'm starting to forget.
- Casper: Forget what?
- Kathleen 'Kat' Harvey: My mom. Just certain things. The sound of her making breakfast downstairs. The way she'd put on her lipstick, so carefully. I do remember, she always used Ivory soap, and when she'd hug me, I'd breathe her in, so deep.”
Christina Ricci - Kathleen 'Kat' Harvey
Malachi Pearson - Casper