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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.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

Quotes by Laurie Anderson

Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's a very 19th-century way of thinking about art, because it assumes that it should make our lives better or teach us something.

Quotes by Laurie Anderson

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

Quotes by Laurie Anderson

I do think it's getting better, but I have noticed that Asians are not well represented in awards shows, and not a ton of Asian faces on the big screen either. Perhaps some of the young Asian actors who are...

Quotes by Lauren Tom

I got an offer at 'Vogue.' And I desperately wanted to work in magazines. My interest wasn't in fashion, but when you get an offer right out of college for a magazine that big - I decided that it was...

Quotes by Lauren Weisberger

My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine.

Quotes by Laurence Housman

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote two books - of poems - better than all mine put together.

Quotes by Laurence Housman

It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.

Quotes by Laurence J. Peter

I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor - to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.

Quotes by Laurence Olivier

Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it.

Quotes by Laurence Olivier

I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman.

Quotes by Laurence Olivier

We have over an hour of footage with Ken Marino. Same with Kevin Smith. Because you never know, when you let people who are so talented at improv go, what you're going to get. You don't want to strangle them...

Quotes by Lauren Miller

Dating in Los Angeles can be hard, which makes it all the better when you meet a really nice guy.

Quotes by Lauren Conrad

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

Quotes by Lauren Groff

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms. In America, possibly because of whatever the American dream is, this happens over and over again....

Quotes by Lauren Groff

When I first started out wrestling in front of 100 people, I thought, 'Chelsea, you're better than this. You should be working in front of thousands!' But I was crazy.

Quotes by Laurel Van Ness

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do.

Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

I don't take myself too seriously, or I at least try not to, and I want to encourage other people to live that way because it's a much better way to go about your life.

Quotes by Lauren Alaina

I wrote 'Road Less Traveled' to make myself feel better and process what I was going through.

Quotes by Lauren Alaina

I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.

Quotes by Lauren Ambrose

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.