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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.

People can doubt me, and they'll do that forever, but show me a better, cleaner fighter in the UFC or in general.

Quotes by Joanna Jedrzejczyk

The maddening thing is as actors of either sex, we get better as we get older, and so when you are 65, you think, 'I could play Juliet now. I understand it.'

Quotes by Joanna Lumley

I think there's nothing better than seeing a three-chord straight up rock 'n' roll band in your face with sweaty music and three minute good songs.

Quotes by Joan Jett

I became obsessed watching fashion TV shows when I was a teenager and recognized that I had the height and body frame. I especially became hooked when I saw on 'E! True Hollywood Story' how much a model can make...

Quotes by Joan Smalls

I always knew that whenever you go out there, you're not just representing yourself. You're representing a heritage that's behind you, your culture, so you always have to do things, like, bigger, badder, better.

Quotes by Joan Smalls

Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.

Quotes by Joan Blades

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.

Quotes by Joan Blades

The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet.

Quotes by Joan Chen

I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there.

Quotes by Joan Chen

Every week it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. And I love that it's like theater, too, and the audience, and it's so short. It's only 20 minutes. It's like...

Quotes by Joan Cusack

It's better to be on a soap opera to renew your career and following than to be on any other medium.

Quotes by Joan Fontaine

A book I often refer to by Naomi Klein is called 'No Is Not Enough'. It's not enough to be against something. You have to actually be for something. A better alternative. For me, that's about transformation.

Quotes by Jo Swinson

Whether it is throwing people under the bus or writing a lie on the side of one: Britain deserves better than Boris Johnson.

Quotes by Jo Swinson

I turned my hair dark and have received much better parts ever since.

Quotes by Joan Bennett

Even to build a vote bank, you need to tackle the problems people face. Rural jobs that stop migration to cities, road networks for better connectivity, and a sense of security get people to vote for you.

Quotes by Jitin Prasada

People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.

Quotes by Jo Brand

There is no place in world where you can do higher education better than in the UK.

Quotes by Jo Johnson

There is no better system in the world than the U.K. education system that offers better value for money.

Quotes by Jo Johnson

I'm the gooney bird that walked to the bank. I'm doing better than most of those guys who said I was crazy.

Quotes by Jimmy Piersall

I'm not just Jimmy Walker the golfer. I have a lot of friends. I've got two little boys; I've got a great family. It's all stuff that's helped me become better.

Quotes by Jimmy Walker

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.