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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.

Rene Descartes

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Epictetus

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

Dale Carnegie

No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint.

Lord Chesterfield

We believe they will improve our earnings-per-share and ultimately enhance our shareholder value.

Richard Clark

I've got to believe that what we can put forward will actually improve education right across the city, will give us a system where we can increase levels of attainment right across the city.

Rodney Berman

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

Henry David Thoreau

I'm happy to see her fundraising has improved. I think it needs to improve more.

Jim Dornan

I am thinking of changing my name to Tony Abbott to improve my reputation.

Andrew Fraser

We did well for the time we had put in. We can definitely improve on what we did today.

Joe Miranov

What we have here is another attempt to deflect attention from the opportunity we have to improve our highway infrastructure and our economy.

Jane Jankowski

We need to keep building on what we have. We're executing our offense, but there are still a lot of little things we can improve on.

Brittany Tucker

Hopefully how the US did tonight will hype up everyone else and it will improve for tomorrow and Sunday. We'll see what happens.

Ryan Lochte

Overall our defense has been a general constant for us. We've only given up more than 50 points in one or two games. Certainly, we could still improve at it.

Drew Dipippo

We certainly want to provide the service that we've always been able to provide, and definitely improve on our customer service.

Bryan Bradford

Even though you can improve the technology and the building techniques, you're still going to have more people in harm's way.

Mary Comerio

This provides incentives for families to improve their quality of life.

Micah Kane

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.

W. R. Inge

We must improve stroke care for the county.

Nancy Bowen

Jobs are a priority for every country, ... Doing more to improve regulation and help entrepreneurs is the key to creating jobs - and more growth.

Paul Wolfowitz

Every one of the recommendations in our report, whether they are recommendations to the Congress or recommendations to the states, are designed to improve confidence in our system of federal elections.

D. James Baker

There are some mistakes that we're making constantly that we need to improve on. On our feet we're hanging our heads a little bit too much.

Dennis Lyberger

Customer spending continues to improve.

Mark Loughridge

We're just looking to get through this spell and continue to improve as we hit the end of the season.

Travis Jackson

Italy is an attractive retail market for everyone. If BNP can come in and cut costs and improve profit, it could make the market more competitive.

Andrew Sentance

We made a concentrated effort to improve our effort on the boards.

Quinton Dale

There's a lot to be pleased about and there is a lot to be down about on what we can improve on.

Johnny Wilkinson

I hate to use the old cliche about how it will improve the quality of life. But it's true.

Bob Consalvo

We're not pleased with our sales decline, but it's important for us to improve the quality of our sales.

Paul Ballew

We are looking to see what we did well and what we can improve upon. We made an awesome leap forward, but we had more people than anyone expected.

Keir Beadling

We're always doing something to improve our property.

Shirley Phillips

We've got to continue, each time we step out on the floor, to improve.

Kristi Snider

We are getting better with every match, and performing better with every match. We have identified some things that we can do better, and we know what we can do to improve.

Craig Manning

One thing that is always the same is we have an excellent group of young men who enjoy the game and work hard to improve their game.

Barb Mancuso

It's obviously good to win. It really wasn't our goal to win, it was our goal to compete hard and get better. It was a chance to see what we need to improve on and what we are doing well.

Kip Janvrin

It is certainly a goal of ours to improve in all areas.

Harry Kemp

This will be a great deal for Don, and will also improve the importance of that hatchery in the state of Oregon.

Brian Brush

It's important. We're going to have to win the one-run games in our district. If we can improve on mental errors, we'll be all right.

Matt Mccool

We feel that our current record could be a little bit better. We want to improve with every game and we want to be able to peak at the end of the season.

Meg Ashley

If this bill has some steps that improve the quality of education, however modest, we would still back it.

David Willetts

I think they can play better. I think they had decent years, but I think they are capable of much more. I think they can be great players if they continue to improve.

Mike Stoops

This class gives students an opportunity to improve [the school].

Mark Zupan

The focus is on my physical fitness and I am also looking to improve my line and length.

Abid Nabi

Central is extremely athletic and can beat anybody any night. All we want to do is improve in everything we do from offensively and defensively and our goal is to get a little better every day.

Greg Waits

We have to make sure we can do everything possible not only to improve bilateral trade.

Jay Myers

Why not give immigrants an opportunity to progress here and help the country here? We come to work and to improve our lives.

Maria Gomez

Whatever they do, they're going to improve on it next year. I'm excited to see their growth.

Matt Centrowitz

The results for the quarter as a whole were below our expectations; however, our results began to improve in March and have continued to improve into April.

Lou Mancini

Brandon Linton did well to place second and continues to improve every week.

Ariah Fasana

One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements.

Marcelene Cox

Texas needs to be more experimental in its efforts to improve coverage for the uninsured.

Michael Mckinney

In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.

Francis Thompson

It's going to take a lot of hard work, but I'm confident that we can improve next year.

Deryll Rohda

I think we are going to try and improve everyday. I think right now you really don't assess things until after the season, but there are things we need to improve on.

Mike Florak

This is probably the smartest group I've been around, ... So there's a lot you can do with them. Those type of guys, they're going to improve.

Wade Phillips

The first goal of the BRAC is to improve the war-fighting capability.

Gary Heckman

Every change was made to improve safety.

Troy Portser

While we don't expect marked improvement in the December quarter, we now believe that demand should begin to slowly improve in calendar 2002.

Ceo Lou Tomasetta

She can do that. She's a kid who's come in here and done everything we asked. She's worked hard to improve defensively, rebounding and taking care of the ball.

John Sloop

Amanda Williams played awesome at the net. She continues to improve every game.

Tina Ruble

I really think this could be a springboard to improve recycling on campus.

Jon Keesecker

If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?

Van Wyck Brooks

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Pope John Xxiii

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

H. L. Mencken

The JV swimmers continue to improve every meet.

Jenny Borkowski

There is always room to improve. Our blocking needs to get better.

Robin Snyder

We just think it will improve our service to our customers, which is the number one goal of the company.

Doug Nelson

We hope to improve on what was a very, very disappointing year last year. My fans are adamant that if we're 25-8 again next year, heads are going to roll.

Geno Auriemma

We need to improve as an all-round team, which we're working hard to do.

John Brain

Mostly, (I have to improve) all round. Just consistency -- bring it to every game.

Rafeek Frederick

We have a lot of room to improve. I think we are a good team, but nowhere near a great team.

Ronn Flaim

But I really want to thank everyone who has assisted. I am really grateful and I would just put this setback behind me and hope that financially things would improve in the future.

Sheena Gooding

They will be able to improve the price in 2006, but not as much as they want. It's bad news.

Julien Quistrebert

We're going to stay with the same thing and try to improve what we have.

Jim Loughran

We don?t see this quarter as being a major catalyst, in either direction, but we believe the trends will improve for IBM during 2006.

Keith Bachman

Certain gloves can improve your grip.

Sandra Mason

It shoves all the burden on that employee and we want to improve that.

Jeff Lamberti

The good thing here is Albuquerque is taking a lot of different measures to improve that. They just have to probably do it faster and keep doing it.

Warren Karlenzig

I think we will improve. I hope we will, but we haven't really done anything yet.

Larry Finucane

Hopefully, we can beat up on them like they did to us. Instead of being down, we need to let (the loss) improve us.

Mike Pariso

Government must deal with concrete commitment the demands and improve the working conditions of the people of the justice system.

Alfred Moisiu

Our defense needs to really improve more. If we had a little more fire we'd challenge a little more of their shots.

Chris Hayes

We're not worried about that at all. We're fine with how we're progressing and we expect that aspect of our football team to continue to improve.

Dan Cocannouer

If they improve productivity, get output up during core hours, we can achieve a much better balance between work and family life.

David Coates

We got a lot of compliments around the room, ... We make mistakes . . . (but) every day, we try to improve.

Tom Glenn

He has to improve the physical aspect and get more involved in the tighter areas.

Kevin Prendergast

We're definitely going to have to improve if we want to move on to the city title game.

Dorothy Gaters

A grand prix would help improve our image.

Narain Karthikeyan

The additional site should also help improve coverage for the residential area near Mallet Hill Road.

Laurie Parker

This is a good opportunity for Herefordshire to sell its case and to take some pointers on how we can improve our bid.

Peter Shaw

Everything has been defense, defense, defense. However, I agree. We have got to improve our defense.

Brooke Baker

In the near future we plan to improve it to be three-dimensional, providing a complete circulation model.

Pascal Rannou

Each experience has taught us something, and each disappointment has only served to reinforce our determination, ... We have always endeavored to improve our performance.

Bertrand Delanoe

It was a very good learning experience for me, ... You can learn from your mistakes and improve.

Aaron Rodgers

I can help Preble County move toward the future by continuing to improve communications.

Rhonda Martin

You have to have a sense of humor about it. At the same time, how do we improve our evaluation process so it doesn't happen again?

Roger Spackman

We should keep vigilant against terrorism and improve our anti-terrorism ability to ensure the region's health development.

Luo Gan

The first thing to do to improve things for day laborers is to have more of these centers. The second thing is to have the government enforce the labor laws more consistently.

Pablo Alvarado

I'm going to improve.

Tuomo Ruutu

I have been very impressed with his work ethic and dedication to become better at his position. The one thing he must improve on is consistency, make the plays on a daily basis. But I see improvement in almost every area.

Rob Picciolo

Revenue bonds are different. It is not a tax bond. It is paid completely out of revenues from the district, and what we'll use it for is to improve the infrastructure of the district.

David Waller

If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.

Philip Wylie

Demand for Japanese cars is increasing and automakers are constantly looking to improve efficiencies at their factories.

Yoshimasa Maruyama

We had a lot of snow between 5.30pm and 6.15pm yesterday and it is too overcast today for the situation to improve.

Kirkland Tellwright

I didn't play as well as I should have, but I'll improve each week.

Drew Weatherford

The work ethic of this group is very good and they are always striving to improve.

Dave Scott

Trading conditions continue to be difficult and there is little evidence to suggest this will improve in the near term.

John Hargreaves

We can't improve if we don't have accurate information.

Carl Ingram

We have to improve. We have no choice. There's no way around it. And it certainly can't get any worse.

Corey Davis

This all affects the quality of life in Bordentown Township, ... and that's what we are trying to do, improve the quality of life.

Bruce Hill

We just want to improve defensively. Last night was by far our best defensive effort so far.

Chris Fenske

This became a credo of mine...attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Bette Davis

The purpose of this project is to improve traffic flow and safety.

Roberta Crowe

You use a portion of tax already levied to improve a district over time.

Tom Hudson

These regulations, once successfully implemented, will drastically improve the playing field for smaller companies.

Charlie Martin

Ultimately, things have to change or we're not going to improve as a district.

Craig Cox

Exercising and eating a Mediterranean-style diet will improve your changes of staying healthy, regardless of your cholesterol.

John Abramson

We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.

Edward Gibbon

Our young guys have learnt a lot from this tour. I hope that we can take it on when we get home and improve our cricket.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

I'm looking forward to our boys team having a great season. We're looking to improve our record and to be a competitive team.

Katherine Fogg

We don't have to invent television, the Internet or telephones. What we hope we can do is improve the experience you have with your television.

John Garcia

These girls have continued to persevere and improve despite some injuries. Nikki was competing in the all-around. Now she may be on one event for the end of the season.

Carol Peschel

You don't wait until material has been lost and then improve security.

Linton Brooks

You've got to improve. It's not about who we're playing. It's about us getting better.

Frank Lenti

I have high hopes we will improve our recruiting out of Southern California.

Tony Lopez

It was critical to change the culture of this facility, and active steps were taken in August to significantly improve conditions.

Bernard Warner

But our efforts to improve this place have been interrupted by the city.

Scott Monroe

My goal is to improve on last year's time.

David Levesque

We think he'll improve our team in areas where we wanted to get better and give us dimensions on the (low) block, ... He has not only been a high-caliber player, but also a high-caliber citizen.

Geoff Petrie

We're helping people save. We've been very careful to focus on things that will improve the financial situation of clients' lives.

Bernie Wilson

I work to improve their skills and see that they have fun. And I think the girls had fun this season.

Vern Savage

For us to get better we really need to improve our hitting and game awareness. We need to learn how to compete in games and make the plays.

Dick Meader

We serve everyone from zero to 120 and are doing everything we can to improve it.

Leona Tomlinson

We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve.

J. B. S. Haldane

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

Frank Herbert

It is probably close to its nadir but it will improve only slowly.

Cameron Bagrie

We still want to work hard in practice to improve. That's the goal, to improve every day.

Bill Giebell

It certainly makes us think, what other factors may be important that we should be considering and how that may improve matters further.

Dev Niyogi

The only fun ... is maybe helping improve people's way of life.

Paul Farris

Our prime target is to improve fleet utilization.

Diono Nurjadin

We have implemented new systems that improve our claims-processing and appeals efficiency and accuracy.

Tyler Mason

It's a very good sign. The purpose of this (scorecard) is for the companies to improve their customer service. The fewer complaints, the better job they are doing.

Beryl Lyons

We have 20,000 abandoned mines in Utah and no way to really close all of them. The best way we can improve safety is to educate, starting with children.

Jim Springer

We very much plan to improve performance as the year goes on.

Brent Kerby

Everyone can always improve with their pitching. This was a good place for me to start again to get ready for the Big Ten games coming up.

Megan Roark

The new engine family will both improve air quality and make our customers more competitive.

Peter Karlsten

I think we can improve overall, but we're doing pretty good. Our only concern is ourselves.

Mike Wilton

We won the game - and we can improve on it. Continuity is so important on the offensive line. These guys are going to keep getting better.

Jeff Fela

Our goal is to improve as the season goes on.

Steve Pfund

Are we doing this as a benefit of the company, absolutely. But we're also doing it to improve the employees life skills.

Jose Gomez

The 'dale is not a course where you're going to have trouble off the tee. Putting is where we're going to have to improve.

John Sawin

It is not observed in history that families improve with time.

George William Curtis

We're just looking to improve.

Craig Fitzgibbon

We must continue to improve the way we model potential risk and spread our exposures.

Lord Levene

If we can improve memory for brain-damaged children even a little bit, we will have contributed significantly to their future.

James Baumgartner

[Weber] swung the bat well, ... He needs to improve his receiving a little bit.

Gene Stephenson

The fact that he is continuing to improve is awesome. Throwing 49-6 is unbelievable. Fifty feet here he comes. That's all I have to say.

Clint Lawhorne

We'll definitely do it next year. Beyond next year we'll look for ways to improve it.

Rita Wiggs

There's still a lot of things I've got to improve on. It was a big learning experience.

Taylor Bennett

I couldn't go without playing my senior year. It was supposed to be a big year so I could improve my college choices. It's hard.

Jeff Ingram

A blow to our efforts to improve women's health around the world.

Nita Lowey

Howard Lake pressed hard and shot well. We have to improve on handling pressure up front.

Phil Carlson

We gave up seven offensive rebounds in the final period and we have to improve on that.

Chris Redfield

Our big goal is to improve. Not to stop, or to settle, but to improve.

Sarah Elliott

We know what areas we need to improve on defensively and what areas we need to improve on offensively.

Jim Richards

If you don't like my opinion of you, you can always improve.

Ashleigh Brilliant

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

Dr. Haim Ginott

We are expecting that with this national boycott we will be able to further gain some respect, dignity, and improve the lot of the immigrant community.

Javier Rodriguez

I averaged about 10-15 hours of work a week, ... But it was more motivation for me to get in there and improve my work.

John Pickard

Hopefully, by our next tournament Oct. 1 in Colby, we'll improve.

Jamie Pinckard

It was a punishment vote against the current government, which has done nothing to improve the living conditions of Colombians.

Horacio Serpa

They have really helped me to just improve myself as a coach. I have applied what I have learned and I can see it has had an impact on the girls' improvement.

Kyle Woodcock

I don't have an inferiority complex. I just want to see my school improve, and I don't see why it can't.

Daniel Cohen

We have a hard time gettting up against non-conference opponents and playing well. We have to improve on ball control and get more confident in our abilities before Saturday.

Matt Johnson

If we see opportunities to improve relationships with shippers, we work with them.

Pope John

When Joe and Cameron came through last season, it was clear Joe had more natural ability, but Cameron worked extremely hard in the background to improve his game.

Graham Kavanagh

Overall it was a good experience. Hopefully I'll continue to improve. It will all depend on this off-season. The off-season is where you gain on all the other teams.

Pat Castillo

It was great to see those guys do so well. Their scores should improve if they continue to work on their games.

Kevin Moen

We've got to improve and play the road matches like we play at home. We have to be more aggressive, and that's the difference.

Sujay Lama

Emily played well. She said she struggled a little bit around the greens, but that will get better. I think everyone will improve as the season goes on.

Todd Schumacher

Good nutrition and exercise improve the function of the whole body in every way.

Lauren Thomas

It doesn't really surprise me and I hope that what George Best has given to football will improve the game as we know it.

Bobby Charlton

Now, we're going to try and improve on the last World Cup.

Luis Fernando Suarez

There s a lot that's being done to improve good palliative care. People are getting certified in pain management, there's more communication in communities and more awareness that most people don't have to die in pain.

Leslie Francis

I think (Martens) can improve and be more competitive at the state level.

Aaron Nida

Average wages are now growing at about the same level of inflation. And as the economy continues to expand, we expect this trend to continue to improve.

Tom Potiowsky

It was our best game so far. We've been trying to improve, and we finally saw some of that improvement.

Marty Redmond

It would be better to do this first while we improve the quality of our import statistics and data.

Ansari Bukhari

As of right now, things aren't looking all that horrible. Things will continue to improve.

Marc Lavorgna

What we're trying to do is improve our ability to put the finest baseball team on the field.

Mark Lamping

They were in better position to make plays (last night), and we expect them to improve daily.

John Chavis

During the floods of '93 and '95, there were opportunities that surfaced where we could improve the integrity of the levee.

Susan Wilson

Each of us must do our part to improve the health of the institute. We (the union) worked hard and did our part.

Roberto Vega

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

Walter Anderson

During halftime we discussed how to improve the crispness of our play. We wanted better passing and better ball movement.

Rob Elkins

The government didn't live up to its side of the agreement. And since 2000, the government hasn't done anything to improve the bridge or highway.

Robert Bottome

If Australia want to regain the Ashes they would dramatically improve their chances by appointing Shane Warne as captain.

Dennis Lillee

We are very much concerned about the Taiwan issue. The army must improve its capability in defense and dealing with emergencies.

Yang Xuhua

[Asked if he felt compelled to improve the corndog, Palmer answered in the affirmative.] Well yeah, ... they were made with hotdogs.

Charlie Palmer

If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

Sir Joshua Reynolds