Recover

Famous quotes containing the word recover:

“How can one explain all the time and thought that goes into raising a child, all the opportunities for mistakes, all the chances to recover and try again? How does one break the news that nothing permanent can be formed in an instant—children are not weaned, potty trained, taught manners, introduced to civilization in one or two tries—as everyone imagined.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)

“A moratorium on opportunities, please. I need to recover from the last one.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“I am indeed, sir, a surgeon to old shoes; when they are in great danger I recover them.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)