A Quote by Eric Butterworth

I tell you and you forget. I show you and you remember. I involve you and you understand.

Eric Butterworth

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Forget Involve Remember Show Tell Understand

Quote Author

Eric Butterworth
Canadian - Educator
September 12, 1916 - April 17, 2003

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

John Gay

Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand.

Carl Orff

Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.

Confucius

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

E. O. Wilson

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Benjamin Franklin

Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterward remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad.

Christina Rossetti

You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember - and generally more practical.

Idries Shah

Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

Cormac McCarthy

I remember when we kissed. I still feel it on my lips. The time you danced with me with no music playing. I remember the simple things. I remember till I cry. But the one thing I wish I'd forget, the memory I wanna forget is goodbye.

Miley Cyrus

When you deal with a person who's experiencing dementia, you can see where they're struggling with knowledge. You can see what they forget completely, what they forget but they know what they once knew. You can tell how they're trying to remember.

Walter Mosley

Heart, we will forget him! You and I, to-night! You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. When you have done, pray tell me, That I my thoughts may dim; Haste! lest while you’re lagging, I may remember him!