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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.

I don't like the idea of competition - maybe because I kept losing them when I was a kid. Maybe it's better to be the one who loses?

Quotes by Michel Gondry

In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything can happen. So it's better to start with something real.

Quotes by Michel Gondry

If we include hedonistic philosophy in hospitals, the lives of patients suffering from cancer would be much, much better.

Quotes by Michel Onfray

I want to construct a better country for each Brazilian: pacified, just, without hate or rancor.

Quotes by Michel Temer

The music stuff has been very difficult. It's got to be right, and even then, it better be on key.

Quotes by Michael Winslow

I know that you're better off making your own products, not just waiting for someone to hand you something.

Quotes by Michael Winslow

The rise of Donald Trump established a new ground zero for liberal media, requiring no pretence of balance - better yet, with a kind of political brain haemorrhage, everybody seemed to have lost the ability to be balanced.

Quotes by Michael Wolff

Trump is a man who, for better or worse, stands in opposition to the institutions that dominate American political life.

Quotes by Michael Wolff

Reality television is to television what marble and gold are to real estate. The point is to dispense with the idea of taste. It's all id. The more unrestrained the better. We all know that 'reality' in reality television is...

Quotes by Michael Wolff

So that is how I ended up with those two titles, I like Accidentally on Purpose better - it is how we work in our trade - is it really an accident, or is there a thread of destiny in...

Quotes by Michael York

From an acting perspective, I would say that you should always try to make your own stuff. Always be ambitious about your own projects and always know better than anyone else what you're good at.

Quotes by Michael Urie

The reason I became a better player was because I came to Philly.

Quotes by Michael Vick

I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship.

Quotes by Michael W. Smith

Go to the grocery store and buy better things. Buy quality, buy organic, buy natural, go to the farmers market. Immediately that's going to increase the quality of the food you make.

Quotes by Michael Symon

In the long run, it is better to understand the way the world really is rather than how we would like it to be.

Quotes by Michael Shermer

Although it may seem callous to say so, millions of Americans are lucky that Magic Johnson was infected with H.I.V. There is no way of calculating how many lives he has saved. No advertising agency could have invented a better,...

Quotes by Michael Specter

One way to measure the size of a company, industry, or economy is to determine its output. But a better way is to determine its added value - namely, the difference between the value of its outputs, that is, the...

Quotes by Michael Spence

We tend to think that employment is employment, and we don't ask the question: is this rewarding employment? Research establishes pretty clearly that typical notions of happiness - that more is better - really don't correspond to the way people...

Quotes by Michael Spence

I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable.

Quotes by Michael Schenker

It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest.

Quotes by Michael Scheuer

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.