A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.
David C. McCullough

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.
Hubert H. Humphrey

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.
William Lyon Phelps

A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks, a complete idiot punishes himself for what he thinks.
Jason Zebehazy

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.
Washington Irving

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
Sallust

As the blackness of the night recedes so does the nadir of yesterday. The child I am forgets so quickly.
Sylvia Ashton-Warner

Authority forgets a dying king.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!
Gavin Rossdale

Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.
Barbara Bush

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.
William Alexander

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.
Jacques Prevert

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.
Rabindranath Tagore

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.
Joyce Carol Oates

I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value.
Camille Pissarro

I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.
Roland Joffe

If a country forgets where it came from, how will its people know who they are?
Patrick Buchanan

Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself.
Cyril Tourneur

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.
Jean de la Bruyere