Quotes About Improvement

All the political, social, and economic improvements, all the technical progress cannot have any regenerating significance, so long as our inner life remains as it is at present.

The right path is the ascent.

Whether you reed or rite, accustom yourselves to stand at a high desk

People and relationships never stop being a work in progress

A relationship isn't something that has to be created in a day or perfected in a day. Part of the game is to keep working on it. It's something that'll always be just a little flawed.

You can fix a bad page. You can't fix a blank one.

I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank one.

Griff's taking out another wall or two at the old

Stairs are sturdy, but need to be sanded and buffed up." He led her up, and she imagined paint on the walls

ruthlessly pulled weeds and spent blossoms.

Inside, the floor was made of linoleum tiles, yellowed with age and dusted with brown flecks that looked like fly spots. The booths were rugged red vinyl, an improvement over the ripped and tattered brown that Tucker had replaced just six months before. The red was already fading to orange.

If a society improves, the experience of growing up in that society should be less taxing and more comfortable; if technology advances and efficiency increases, emerging generations should rationally expect to work less. If new kids aren't soft and lazy, something has gone wrong.

History is filled with brilliant people who wanted to fix things and just made them worse.

and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

The world can be a lot bet­ter than we set­tle for. All you have to do is ask.

Maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

The slogan for America is 'Not Good Enough'. Nothing's ever fast enough. Nothing's big enough. We're never satisfied. We're always improving…

La repetición es la madre de todos los talentos.

Uno empieza con las pajas y llega a las orgías. Uno fuma un poco de hierba y acaba metiéndose caballo. Es esta cultura nuestra de lo más grande, lo más fuerte, lo más rápido y lo mejor. La palabra clave es progresar. En América, si tu adicción no se renueva y mejora constantemente, eres un perdedor.

Maybe we have to break everything to make something better of ourselves

A menos que todo empeore, nada puede mejorar.

Vybudujte si z chyb minulosti lepÅ¡í budoucnost.

Repeat the mantra: Writing is when I make the words. Editing is when I make them not shitty.

Ah well. You know what they say. Progress, not perfection. That's why it's called training. Shall we begin again?