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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've always been better at informing the audience through images than through words, but I took on a script that was so dialogue-intensive, that the words had to do all the informing.

Quotes by Jonathan Glazer

I get an incredible thrill and satisfaction from seeing somebody with Apple's tell-tale white earbuds. But I'm constantly haunted by thoughts of, is it good enough? Is there any way we could have made it better?

Quotes by Jonathan Ive

Different' and 'new' is relatively easy. Doing something that's genuinely better is very hard.

Quotes by Jonathan Ive

I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just because I'm getting better at it.

Quotes by Jonathan Dee

When I'm composing a scene for the first time, I try to imitate my character. The less critical distance the better - particularly when they're acting badly.

Quotes by Jonathan Dee

You have to be damn certain you're putting something better in its place.

Quotes by Jonathan Dimbleby

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.

Quotes by Jonathan Edwards

If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think people would certainly get along better.

Quotes by Jonathan Frakes

I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.

Quotes by Jonathan Frakes

It's just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated.

Quotes by Jonathan Franzen

Even when I was living below the poverty line as a novelist, I was still living better than 99.5% of the human population of the world. But in my little, soft realm of trying to amuse a few dozen middle-class...

Quotes by Jonathan Ames

I love 'Boardwalk Empire,' but there were moments where I thought it didn't have the constant through-line that 'Breaking Bad' did and 'Better Call Saul' does.

Quotes by Jonathan Banks

I want to be remembered as an actor who put in some good work in the beginning of his career, even better work at the end of his career and slowly, successfully made the transition into writing and directing.

Quotes by Jonathan Brandis

Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.

Quotes by Jon Tester

I think as - all in all, it's better to have a cool president than a not cool president.

Quotes by Jonah Goldberg

It's been in the back of my head for five or six years, but more on the local level to get involved and try to create a better environment for my children and grandchildren.

Quotes by Jon Runyan

I think success is a relative term. If you're a caveman, success is capturing an elephant. Success is achieving better than the norm. Success is being exceptional. It's exceptional reputation, exceptional income, and exceptional respect.

Quotes by Jon Taffer

There are a lot of heartbroken, anxious people that thought better of their country. We're heartbroken by how far Trump has gotten to the most powerful position in the world.

Quotes by Jon Lovett

I made it clear that I can run a positive campaign and do it better.

Quotes by Jon Ossoff

I think that you really don't have a choice, when you see that things are wrong the only choice you really have is to just do what you can to make it better.

Quotes by Jon Fishman

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.