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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.

We were then satisfied that, with proper lubrication and better adjustments, a little more power could be expected. The completion of the motor according to drawing was, therefore, proceeded with at once.

Quotes by Orville Wright

The Internet Governance Forum - which brings together NGOs, government officials and companies - needs to do a better job of including representatives from Africa, Latin America, and Asia and addressing their issues.

Quotes by Ory Okolloh

What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns.

Quotes by Oscar Hammerstein II

You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed better in something else.

Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

We have promised to do better, and no Republican concern should ever be enough to filibuster our own bill.

Quotes by Orrin Hatch

When people talk about how parameters can generate really good work, there's no better example than working within a genre in film. That's like the ultimate parameter.

Quotes by Oneohtrix Point Never

The mechanical loom and the calculator have shown us that technology is both disruptive and filled with opportunities. But it would be hard to find a decent argument that we would have been better off without these inventions.

Quotes by Oren Etzioni

I'm trying to use AI to make the world a better place. To help scientists. To help us communicate more effectively with machines and collaborate with them.

Quotes by Oren Etzioni

Life is short. Don't do the same thing everyone else is doing - that's such a herd mentality. And don't do something that's two percent better than the other person. Do something that changes the world.

Quotes by Oren Etzioni

I believe that whenever I want to learn something I can learn it much better and faster by myself if I'm motivated to learn it as opposed to kind of doing it in more a standard, institutionalized way.

Quotes by Oren Peli

Music is not a sport - one is not better than the other. You just like what you like and get inspired.

Quotes by Orianthi

I really like to kid around, and it's my own way of concentrating. In order for me to be able to feel better and concentrate, I need everybody else around me to be relaxed.

Quotes by Omar Sy

There is better than a good chance that while relaxing on a beach somewhere or sipping a martini in your favorite lounge, you have heard music that makes raise your eyebrow and ask, 'What kind of music is that?'

Quotes by Om Malik

Second seasons are always better. In the first year, I felt a little bit of pressure. Maybe sometimes I didn't play naturally. I didn't feel relaxed on the pitch when I was ready to try something. It's complicated to explain.

Quotes by Olivier Giroud

All of my career, I have been - how can I say this? - I have been through certain difficulties, and I have always tried to make it motivation to get better and better.

Quotes by Olivier Giroud

Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.

Quotes by Olivier Theyskens

We can get rid of all the plastic bags and plastic straws in the world - and we need to - but nothing is going to get better until we can make the people at the top see that there...

Quotes by Oliver Sykes

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we...

Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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.