Recusing Yourself Quotes & Sayings

The old tales of China tell us that all things may grow and change. A stone may become a plant. A plant may become an animal. An animal may become a human. A human may become a god.

Just so, a snake may become a woman. And we are told of one who did. — Aaron Shepard

In Libya, you are made aware the whole time of the abandonment of things, the material leftovers of receding cultures — Ronald Bruce St. John

He lied with a smile that paralyzed reason." [Abby Chandlis - main character of The List] — Steve Martini

Maybe it's my ego. Maybe I crave someone who will never be my rival. — Sylvia Plath

All large cities are alike at night. — Svetlana Alliluyeva

His brow furrowed. "It's beautiful ... and awful, too. What is it?"
"It's me — Jessica Shirvington

Which is good, in a way, because the danger in doing something like STAR TREK is that you end up in that pigeonhole and you're doing that the rest of your life. — Colm Meaney

I wanted him to like me because as much as I'd tried, I could no longer deny the fact that I liked him. — Kasie West

Which isn't the truth, you understand. At least you understand that in your head ... but not always in your heart. — Stephen Leigh

Forgiveness was work, Eduardo told victims' families
but so, then, was love, and deciding what was right, and defending it. Recusing yourself from judgment so you won't be tainted by the aggressor's sin is the same as turning away from empathy so you won't be touched by the victim's pain. — Jennifer DuBois

I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity. — Robert Baldwin

Those who don't heed the warnings don't live to admit they were stupid not to do so. — Amy Tan