#forge

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget. ↗

— John Berger

#burden #camera #cynical #forget #god

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#compensation #conscience #debtors #forgetfulness #gift

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#our #pleasures #remember #sufferings

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#cannot #does #forget #friend #happened

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you? ↗

— Fanny Brice

#forget #know #later #pose #posing

Football? Forget it. I didn't have that thing inside me where I wanted to smash against somebody and watch them break. I was too sensitive for that and disliked being that sensitive. ↗

— Josh Brolin

#being #break #disliked #football #forget

I think that musicians should never forget about the intimacy of bringing two people together, and the aesthetic transference where you're almost vicariously involved in a romance between other people. ↗

— Joe Williams

#aesthetic #almost #between #bringing #forget

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#birth #born #conscious #death #dies

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#forget #lincoln #most #politician #professional

Look for a sweet person. Forget rich. ↗

— Estee Lauder

#look #person #rich #sweet