#improv

I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#attracted #because #been #changes #completely

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#fruits #good #improved #men #rotten

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life. ↗

— William Samuel Johnson

#catch #golden #good #great #great art

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#destiny #down #find #founders #government

Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#aid #campaign #care #countries #distracted

Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone. ↗

— Ed Royce

#continues #debates #energy #improve #issue

I never took banned substances, but I have been courted by doctors who wanted to improve my blood in the laboratory. My mother always put them on a flight. ↗

— Alberto Tomba

#banned #been #blood #courted #doctors

A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef's book about improvising but a real home cook's book with a real home cook's pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing. ↗

— Sally Schneider

#book #chef #cook #home #i

To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment. ↗

— Sally Schneider

#book #contradiction #improvisation #moment #partly

From cell phones to computers, quality is improving and costs are shrinking as companies fight to offer the public the best product at the best price. But this philosophy is sadly missing from our health-care insurance system. ↗

— John Shadegg

#cell #cell phones #companies #computers #costs