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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 was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in...

Quotes by Walter Huston

My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.

Quotes by Walter Becker

Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better than they are.

Quotes by Walter Becker

We're doing unusual records that sound big, have a pop feel, and we're getting better at it.

Quotes by Walshy Fire

I believe that tablets - and especially the iPad - are extremely versatile and productive tools for consumers, schools and businesses and are better for many tasks than the PC or the smartphone.

Quotes by Walt Mossberg

Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.

Quotes by Walker Stapleton

I see myself as a citizen of the planet. Even as a child, I always found it mindless to root for your own team. I was puzzled by the fact that people said their own team was better than other...

Quotes by Wallace Shawn

At Al Jazeera, we are getting our local Somalis, Yemenis and Sudanese, local correspondents from within the society, who understand much better than the people who come from overseas. We will get a much better insight.

Quotes by Wadah Khanfar

I felt that I'd rather be lucky than good. That's the aspect I kept bringing to baseball. The more superstitions I had, the better off I'd have of finding more luck.

Quotes by Wade Boggs

Democracy's got endless problems and faults and dangers, but it's certain the alternatives are not better.

Quotes by W. S. Merwin

I see dog stories as an antidote to the dire news that nothing is ever going to get better.

Quotes by W. Bruce Cameron

Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.

Quotes by W. C. Fields

The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.

Quotes by W. Edwards Deming

If you don't understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.

Quotes by W. Edwards Deming

People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.

Quotes by W. G. Sebald

A mother-in-law is better than a single and childless political persona, though.

Quotes by Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Better is the enemy of good.

Voltaire

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

Voltaire

The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I'm right in that. Two highly industrialized nations had the most trade with each other, and it wasn't tariff policies alone that...

Quotes by W. Averell Harriman

What the tech industry often forgets is that with age comes wisdom. Older workers are usually better at following direction, mentoring, and leading.

Quotes by Vivek Wadhwa

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.