Quotes about forgetting

„We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.“

—  Chester W. Nimitz United States Navy fleet admiral 1885 - 1966

As quoted in Historic Ship Exhibits in the United States (1969), by United States Naval History Division, United States Navy, p. 24

„Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating… too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.“

—  John Wooden American basketball coach 1910 - 2010

Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

„I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success … Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.“

—  Nikola Tesla Serbian American inventor 1856 - 1943

Quoted in Marconi and Tesla: Pioneers of Radio Communication (2008) by Tim O'Shei, ISBN 159845076X , p. 5

„How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d“

—  Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard

Source: Eloisa to Abelard

„That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.“

—  Jean Paul Sartre French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary cri… 1905 - 1980

„I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.“

—  Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

„There's only us, there's only this / Forget regret, or life is yours to miss / No other road, no other way / No day but today!“

—  Jonathan Larson American composer and playwright 1960 - 1996

Source: Rent (1996)

„Forget Regret, or life is yours to miss“

—  Jonathan Larson American composer and playwright 1960 - 1996

Source: Rent

„Let it go, you've got to forget about revenge. Believe me, in this work I've met a lot of guys who feel the way you do. Trust me, for those who follow the path of revenge, it never ends well. You'll only tear yourself apart and even if you succeed with your revenge, what would you have then... nothing, emptiness.“

—  Hatake Kakashi, book Naruto

To Sasuke

„In the end, I think the relationships that survive in this world are the ones where two people can finish each other's sentences. Forget drama and torrid sex and the clash of opposites. Give me banter any day of the week.“

—  Douglas Coupland, Hey Nostradamus!

Source: Hey Nostradamus!

„Forget all feuds, and shed one English tear
O'er English dust. A broken heart lies here.“

—  Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay British historian and Whig politician 1800 - 1859

Epitaph on a Jacobite (1845)

„We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.“

—  Sharon Salzberg American writer 1952

Source: The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion

„Never forget who you are, the rest of the world will not, wear it like armor andit can never be used to hurt you. - Tyrion Lannister“

—  George Raymond Richard Martin American writer, screenwriter and television producer 1948

„forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise…“

—  Paramahansa Yogananda Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship 1893 - 1952

„The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.“

—  Thomas Szasz Hungarian psychiatrist 1920 - 2012

"Personal Conduct" http://books.google.com/books?id=IYOcAQAAQBAJ&q=%22The+stupid+neither+forgive+nor+forget+the+na%C3%AFve+forgive+and+forget+the+wise+forgive+but+do+not+forget%22&pg=PA177#v=onepage, p. 51. http://openlibrary.org/works/OL15151528W/The_Second_Sin
The Second Sin (1973)

„Like the sweet apple reddening on the topmost branch,
the topmost apple on the tip of the branch,
and the pickers forgot it,
well, no, they didn't forget, they just couldn't reach it.“

—  Sappho ancient Greek lyric poet -630 - -570 BC

Stanley Lombardo translations, Frag. 69

„I'm taking that away from you before you get to the India part, Magnus in a sari. Some things you don't ever forget.“

—  Cassandra Clare, The Mortal Instruments

Jace, pg. 44
The Mortal Instruments, City of Fallen Angels (2011)

„Maybe it's not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate.“

—  Ozzy Osbourne English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter 1948

Source: Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz

„There's unconditional love there. You hear that phrase a lot but it's real with me and her [June Carter]. She loves me in spite of everything, in spite of myself. She has saved my life more than once. She's always been there with her love, and it has certainly made me forget the pain for a long time, many times. When it gets dark and everybody's gone home and the lights are turned off, it's just me and her.“

—  Johnny Cash American singer-songwriter 1932 - 2003