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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.

So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.

Quotes by Jan Karon

Advertising isn't just the disruption of aesthetics, the insults to your intelligence and the interruption of your train of thought. At every company that sells ads, a significant portion of their engineering team spends their day tuning data mining, writing...

Quotes by Jan Koum

I would like to be like Britney, but maybe better, but I don't wanna outshine her.

Quotes by Jamie Lynn Spears

You cannot prove this in real time, but when economists 20 years from now write a book on the recovery, it may well be entitled, 'It could have been much better.'

Quotes by Jamie Dimon

If the economy grows, housing gets better, quicker.

Quotes by Jamie Dimon

Scale can create value for shareholders; for consumers, who are beneficiaries of better products, delivered more quickly and at less cost; for the businesses that are our customers; and for the economy as a whole.

Quotes by Jamie Dimon

Walk into a Chase branch and we can give you so much quicker, better and faster. Like Wal-Mart.

Quotes by Jamie Dimon

There are legitimate concerns long term, in my view, about nuclear war and policy and stuff like that. But the world has become a better place every 20 years for the last 2,000 years.

Quotes by Jamie Dimon

When my grandfather was born, there was no healthcare. There were no airplanes. There were no boats. There were no trains. There were no communications. No Internet. No widespread knowledge. It will be a completely different world but a much...

Quotes by Jamie Dimon

Most decisions are not binary, and there are usually better answers waiting to be found if you do the analysis and involve the right people.

Quotes by Jamie Dimon

I'd been auditioning for parts for years. I never got any better at it. I'm crap at auditions. I know there are people who can walk into those rooms and make those lines sing on the page and get the...

Quotes by Jamie Dornan

Some comic artists I've known are better than most contemporary artists with work hanging in Tate Modern.

Quotes by Jamie Hewlett

The more you draw, the better you get.

Quotes by Jamie Hewlett

I start with an idea in my head. I sketch it out quickly as a line drawing, using pencil. It never comes out quite right - usually a bit better than my mental picture.

Quotes by Jamie Hewlett

I try not to be too realistic. It's better to be over-positive.

Quotes by Jamie Hince

Is there some situation where square wheels would be better than round wheels? Sure! A round wheel has a pressure point directly under the tire. A square wheel's corners are going to bite and propel you forward. The square wheel...

Quotes by Jamie Hyneman

There's an unspoken rule in affluent circles that suggests you can always define an individual's status by measuring his or her proximity to the most influential person in the room. And as the maxim goes, closer is always better.

Quotes by Jamie Johnson

I write because it makes God happy that I write. I sing because it makes God happy that I sing. And if it makes God's people happy, then all the better. But if it fails to do so, it's probably...

Quotes by Jamey Johnson

In 'The Odyssey,' every feast is extremely ritualized; high-status individuals even get a better cut of meat.

Quotes by Jami Attenberg

There are expectations with sequels, and people want them to be bigger and better than the prequel.

Quotes by James Wan

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.