Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. Henry David Thoreau
While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings. Henry David Thoreau
Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. Peter Drucker
Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved. Walt Disney
There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten. Samuel Johnson
