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3/19/2016 | 6:53:55 AM
It's much more difficult for a dictionary attack to successfully brute force, say, "WhetherTisNoblerInTheMindToSufferTheSlingsAndArrows" than it is to brute force, say, "sHake$pear3_" (and also the first one is far more memorable) -- and yet most organizations discourage the former password and encourage the latter password.
There are also tricks you can use to keep your password memorable but still keep it less hackable (after all, hackers like low-hanging fruit). It goes to training.
Multi-factor authentication isn't bad either -- but keyword = "MULTI." Replacing passwords wholesale with something else (like biometrics) will just lead to problems.