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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.

The director's who want to be innovative use the DVD as a tool to see what people have done in the past and you have other people who will actually take from better directors and that makes them better directors.

Quotes by Jerry Bruckheimer

To me not one thing is better than anything else, I'm completely proud of everything I've written and recorded.

Quotes by Jerry Cantrell

It is clear that the economy has not gotten better for everyone.

Quotes by Jerry Costello

The true Negro does not want integration... He realizes his potential is far better among his own race.

Quotes by Jerry Falwell

The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that the public doesn't like.

Quotes by Jerome Kern

There is this cat and mouse game that plays out over time where our team comes up with new and interesting ideas to identify content that we shouldn't recommend, and over time people are constantly probing that, trying to figure...

Quotes by Jeremy Stoppelman

That's what makes a character interesting from an actor's perspective - the more screwed up, the better.

Quotes by Jeri Ryan

As a minister, you shouldn't imagine you know better than the technical experts in your ministry. In the end you're there to apply the political stamp of approval.

Quotes by Jeroen Dijsselbloem

I know my own mistakes; I know when I have to do better.

Quotes by Jerome Boateng

You don't get anywhere without hard work. The earlier you understand that, the better.

Quotes by Jerome Boateng

Over the years, you get better at timing because you've been through the situations thousands of times. The ball goes over your head; he passes you on the right, left. Eventually, you just know what you have to do.

Quotes by Jerome Boateng

I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.

Quotes by Jeremy Lin

I think I've always been a player who's done better in the second half, who's done better in the fourth quarter. That's the fun time to play, when everything you've worked for the whole game boils down to those last...

Quotes by Jeremy Lin

I'm going to make mistakes, I just have to be able to learn from them as quickly as possible. To learn faster, I watch film of myself and other good point guards, and then breaking down my mistakes and really...

Quotes by Jeremy Lin

The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think is a great thought.

Quotes by Jeremy Piven

I like to have projects that belong completely to me. If done right, it can also pay better. But the majority of my projects are still destined for publishers.

Quotes by Jeremy Robinson

Loyalty is about the party and the movement... if you want a better and more effective party, we've got to open ourselves up much more to our membership and our supporters.

Quotes by Jeremy Corbyn

Capitalism does millions of things better than the alternatives. It balances supply and demand in an elegant way that central planning has never come close to.

Quotes by Jeremy Grantham

Americans are just about the worst at dealing with long-term problems, down there with Uzbekistan, but they respond to a market signal better than almost anyone. They roll the dice bigger and quicker than most.

Quotes by Jeremy Grantham

I consider most of the talent in the financial world to be suboptimal. It could be better placed earning its living in the real world.

Quotes by Jeremy Grantham

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.