#improved

We have found that morals are not, like bacon, to be cured by hanging; nor, like wine, to be improved by sea voyages; nor, like honey, to be preserved in cells. ↗

— William Taylor

#cells #cured #found #hanging #honey

The competition has improved tremendously. In 2003, I could teach a guy how to play poker in an hour and he could win some money. Today, it would take days. The game has gotten so much tougher. So I will spend my time with my family and play when I can. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#could #days #family #game #gotten

Over the last 10 years a huge amount has been achieved in getting people into work. Measures such as the New Deal, tax credits, the minimum wage and improved childcare have brought about record numbers of people in work, a number that is still rising despite the global economic slowdown. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#achieved #amount #been #brought #childcare

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

My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#good #good writing #i #improved #more

The human race has improved everything, but the human race. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#human #human race #improved #race

No publisher in America improved a paper so quickly on so grand a scale, took a paper that was marginal in qualities and brought it to excellence as Otis Chandler did. ↗

— David Halberstam

#brought #chandler #did #excellence #grand

I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of Sousa's Band have quickened that interest and improved that quality. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#democracy #improved #means #perfection #state

Let me share some facts with you about the law in most of our country. California is in many ways a little different from the rest of the world, and California has better gun laws than many states, although California's need to be improved. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#although #better #california #country #different