Memory Humor

Life transitions can be awkward and sometimes frightening whether we are talking about puberty or the aging brain.  To help us cope and gain perspective we often turn to humor.  Here are some humorous quotes on memory and the aging brain.


"Out of my mind; back in five minutes"
Sign seen in a store window

"My memory is not as sharp as it used to be.  Also, my memory is not as sharp as it used to be."
Anonymous

"I have a photographic memory, but once in a while I forget to take off the lens cap."

—Milton Berle

"I sometimes worry about my short attention span, but not for very long."

—Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronical, 2/10/74

"It isn't so astonishing the number of things that I can remember as the number of  things I can remember that aren't so."

—Mark Twain

A diplomatic husband heard saying to his wife, "How do you expect me to remember your birthday when you never look any older?"

—Anonymous

"Did you hear about the absent-minded professor who fell down the stairs?  When he hit the bottom, he picked himself up and said, "Now I wonder what all that noise was about."

—Anonymous