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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.

About 10 years ago, in an effort to gain a better grasp on McCone's world, I took up the hobby of building fully electrified scale models: first of the legal cooperative where she started out, and then of her own...

Quotes by Marcia Muller

Being socially responsible is one of Gucci's core values, and we will continue to strive to do better for the environment and animals.

Quotes by Marco Bizzarri

The art world has become the R&D department for so much fashion and music, so knock-offs are getting better and better.

Quotes by Marco Brambilla

It's better to choose the culprits than to seek them out.

Quotes by Marcel Pagnol

U.S. trade policy is not just about the relationship between our nation and other countries. It is part of a larger conversation about living wage, consumer protection, job security, and a better quality of life for all Americans.

Quotes by Marcia Fudge

When you go out and meet new people, you can come up with new ideas and be enlightened and help the country become a better place.

Quotes by Marc Veasey

As a footballer, you always want to get better personally. And if you get better personally, you make the team better.

Quotes by Marc-Andre ter Stegen

In the beginning, the cubists broke up form without even knowing they were doing it. Probably the compulsion to show multiple sides of an object forced us to break the object up - or, even better, to project a panorama...

Quotes by Marcel Duchamp

The bile makes it better. I am an information wasting machine - 100s of words a day.

Quotes by Marc Maron

If the Christian community responds to our music better because maybe we gained a little more credibility in the mainstream, then it's not ideal, it's not fun, it's not sexy, but I'll take it.

Quotes by Marc Martel

Technology is permeating every single thing we do... And to the extent that we can better expose our young people to all the different ways that technology can be used, not just for video games or toys, we're planning for...

Quotes by Marc Morial

I think Mr. Obama is a disaster for business and a disaster for the United States. Not that Mr. Romney would be much better, but the Republicans understand the problem of excessive debt better than Mr. Obama, who basically doesn't...

Quotes by Marc Faber

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

Quotes by Manuel Puig

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

Quotes by Manuel Puig

If you make someone feel better they are going to make others feel better.

Quotes by Manushi Chhillar

I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where and why - but we really need to land on that why. That's what I've been exploring in my writing for many years and...

Quotes by Mara Brock Akil

'Mrs. Doubtfire' is still a fun movie, and it's still fun to watch, but it is hard to watch myself sometimes. I get very critical. And people will say, 'Mara, you were five.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, but I still...

Quotes by Mara Wilson

First you date the songs, and then you get engaged and then you marry them. They have to stand the test of time, because they are going to be yours for the next 20, 30, 40 years. So you had...

Quotes by Marc Anthony

If someone asks me what cloud computing is, I try not to get bogged down with definitions. I tell them that, simply put, cloud computing is a better way to run your business.

Quotes by Marc Benioff

But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.

Quotes by Marc Bloch

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.