Memory Lapse Quotes

Murderers will try to recall the sequence of events, they will remember exactly what they did just before and just after. But they can never remember the actual moment of killing. This is why they will always leave a clue.

I remember saying things, but I have no idea what was said. It was generally a friendly conversation.” —Associated Press reporter Jack Sullivan, attempting to recount a 3 A.M. exchange we had at a dinner party and inadvertently describing the past ten years of my life.

He called me a pie!” she announced, defensively. There was a pause. “Wait. That’s not right.” “A tart?” “Yes! That’s it!

Four years ago... no, it was yesterday.

I'm a panicked karaoke participant because I am always searching for a song in the moment. I don't have my go to song. I will be driving along and I will be like, "That should be my karaoke song!" and then I forget what song it is.

The trouble with a liar is he can't remember what he said.

There's one novel, Cujo, that I barely remember writing at all.

I am a quick study - I can memorize a script in an hour - but I can't remember a name three seconds. I've even forgotten my wife's name on occasion.

Just when I nearly had the answer, I forgot the question.

It seems like time slips out of your hands. You wake up, and 2-3 years have passed.

When I went back home to Seattle after filming 'Dune' in Mexico, I thought, 'Did this really happen?'

I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance I have ever known of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter.

I do sometimes look back at things I've written in the past, and think, 'I just don't remember being the person who wrote that.'

Rehearsing a scene beds a role into you. But sometimes, if you over-rehearse it without unearthing any new meaning in it, you can suddenly forget your lines. You realise that you are on a stage, not in the real world. The scene's emotional power, and your immersion in it, disappears.

"What was the name of Pygmalion's sister?" She blinked, twice, obviously surprised. "Ummm," she said, keeping her eyes on me. "I don't know." Rogerson did," I told her. "Rogerson knew everything."

Sometimes I'm at home and I remember I'm supposed to do 100 push-ups and I don't.

My memory is so bad that many times I forget my own name.

I have a good visual memory. I'm good with faces, but names - I get in trouble a lot; I can't seem to remember people. People think I'm rude. As a side comment, you know, I'm not being rude: I just kind of blank out.

Some of the stuff, I absolutely don't remember recording it, it's been so long. But I do like to try to throw in something a little different for the audience once in a while. Because a lot of these people who come to see have come back many, many times.

Once, I had to clip a jacket back to take a picture, and after they were done I forgot to remove the clip until someone noticed.

There is nothing wrong with my health. Who doesn't forget things from time-to-time? Who out there has never stuttered or slurred a word at some point?

I just have this fear that I'll get on stage and there'll be that brief moment of adrenalin and I'll forget my line.

Right. I'd forgotten about her.' He shook his head. 'That keeps happening.

I don't remember going to bed, but in the morning, there I was.

From now on when people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I planned to say, Amnesiac.