"He was so humble that you'd quickly forget that he was once one of the world's best players.
Incredibly, the Abbey Theatre speech was written hastily that afternoon and O'Neill believed it would be quickly forgotten.
He was concerned that his music would be quickly forgotten and in 1951 added a postscript to his catalogue of works that he called Absalom's Place: "As usually happens, it is likely that new ideas, new fashions & the pressing forward of new generations, will soon obliterate my small contribution.
'He tries to tell me how to think, and I tell him exactly what I think, then he shouts, "How can I have such a man in my house?" This is how it could goes with us, and then it would be quickly forgotten.
Universal then offered him $35,000 and 15% of the film's gross, assuming that the movie would be quickly forgotten.
Michael Jordan, for one, would probably like to quickly forget he was ever a Wizard.
If the SDS had been in existence at the time of the Suffragettes, their campaigns would never have got off the ground and they would have been quickly forgotten".
One week, she said, would likely be quickly forgotten, but much longer might have left a lasting effect on her daughters' year.
Meanwhile, the story of Casburn's phone call would have been quickly forgotten had it not been for the phone-hacking crisis that brought down the News of the World.
In London, although there has been speculation about possible targets, UK Uncut insists the venue for the street party remains a closely guarded secret, but the group added the event would not be "quickly forgotten or easily ignored by the government, tax avoiders or City bankers".
