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Better Quotes

On growth, progress and making things better.

These quotes range from finishing a piece of writing that finally feels worth sharing to teamwork producing stronger results than working alone, with a side note on technology's uneven effect on security. For more, see our Growth quotes.

It's better for me to go up against someone's passion with my passion and then clarifying something that he wrote. Then I know how to work around certain things.

Quotes by Penny Marshall

I wish I could sing better.

Quotes by Penny Marshall

You don't tell people who disagree with you they'd be better off somewhere else. And you don't reduce them to stereotypes; you address them as fully formed people worthy of respect. You try to persuade them.

Quotes by Peggy Noonan

In terms of goals for NASA before I die, we need to be living on Mars. And I might not live that long, so they better get on with it!

Quotes by Peggy Whitson

Zero gravity is such an alien environment - completely different from everything we've grown up with every single day of our lives. And it's incomprehensible how much better it was than I anticipated it would be.

Quotes by Peggy Whitson

If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips.

Quotes by Penelope Fitzgerald

I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time.

Quotes by Penelope Keith

If a company has a navigation system or a database or a virtual assistant they like better, Microsoft will meet them in the middle.

Quotes by Peggy Johnson

It's much better to write a book and stick to the research - that's history. In cinema, emotional truth and psychological truth is much more important.

Quotes by Pawel Pawlikowski

Invariably something happens at a U.S. Open where the golf course gets out of control one day, they have one pin that's out of control. It always seems to happen. But they've gotten better about the height of the rough.

Quotes by Payne Stewart

You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.

Quotes by Peace Pilgrim

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.

Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end,...

Paulo Coelho

In fights when I've had the odds stacked against me, I definitely perform better because it's like a challenge to me - and I always like a challenge.

Quotes by Paulie Malignaggi

I have got better over the years, and I know what sort of fighter I am.

Quotes by Paulie Malignaggi

I realized I do tragedy better than comedy.

Quotes by Paula Hawkins

My specialty at 'SNL' was doing triage. There was always a great need for someone to say, 'Make this funnier. Give me an ending for this. What's a better big laugh for this towards the end? What's a better physical...

Quotes by Paula Pell

Poles understand perhaps better than anyone the consequences of making toothless warnings to brutal tyrants and terrorist regimes.

Quotes by Paul Wolfowitz

Generally speaking, the stronger the connection between the financing and the ultimate beneficiary, the better the result.

Quotes by Paul Wolfowitz

Part of what is wrong with the view of American imperialism is that it is antithetical to our interests. We are better off when people are governing themselves. I'm sure there is some guy that will tell you that philosophy...

Quotes by Paul Wolfowitz

Frequently Asked Questions

What different ideas about "better" appear on this page?
The quotes touch on writing something "for better or for worse," a technical point about security traffic getting "better and better," and the simple observation that "two people can work on a problem better than one."
Is there a quote about collaboration?
Yes: "Two people can work on a problem better than one," a concise statement in favor of teamwork. For more on personal development, see Growth.
Does this page touch on writing or creative projects?
Yes, one references putting a copy of "A Christmas Carol" on a desk before beginning to write something described as being, "for better or for worse," a personal creative work.
Is there a more technical or security-focused quote here?
Yes: "The most important impact of technology on communications security is that it draws better and better traffic into vulnerable channels," a specific observation about technology and security. For more on aiming higher, see Aspiration.
Does this page connect "better" to bigger personal change?
Indirectly - one quote about outlines and treatments notes the difficulty of turning ideas on paper into "something better," touching on the challenge of improving on your own plans. For more on transformation and looking ahead positively, see Change or Hope.

Continue with our Change quotes on transformation or Hope quotes for a more optimistic outlook.