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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.

As a screenwriter, you always have frustrations. It's just the nature of the job, and you have to live with it. Your vision is not going to be the same as the director's vision. It doesn't mean one is better...

Quotes by James Watkins

In a lot of Indian societies, spirituality has been lost, I think it's still the best way of looking at the world for Indians - better than any organized religion in this country.

Quotes by James Welch

I believe it to be a fact that the colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.

Quotes by James Weldon Johnson

The housing market will get worse before it gets better.

Quotes by James Wilson

My family and friends and career are very important to me, but running allows me to be a better friend, a better family member, and makes me better at my career.

Quotes by James Wolk

I was just sitting on my bed in a dormitory room, and I started writing. The thing that was magic about it was that once you put down one word, you could cross it out. I figured that out right...

Quotes by James Tate

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

Quotes by James Thurber

The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you're going to do.

Quotes by James Van Der Beek

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

Quotes by James Van Der Beek

Food in Dublin has gotten immeasurably better than it was. When I was a kid, there weren't a lot of options. Now you're overwhelmed with options.

Quotes by James Vincent McMorrow

If you've got to work for the rest of your life, you'd better do something you'll enjoy.

Quotes by James Sinegal

The Club Kids were about fun. Wild, messy fun - the more debauched, the better.

Quotes by James St. James

I always told Hitch that it would have been better to put seats around the set and sell tickets.

Quotes by James Stewart

What an economy really wants, after all, is not more investment per se but better investment. It wants capital to flow to companies that will create value - not in the form of a rising stock price but in the...

Quotes by James Surowiecki

The more reasons for people to be willing to put their differences aside, the better.

Quotes by James Roday

It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks.

Quotes by James Payn

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.

Quotes by James Payn

Feeling better is not actually being better.

Quotes by James Randi

The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.

Quotes by James Randi

To enable large U.S. banks to support their clients better, the Volcker rule should be clarified.

Quotes by James P. Gorman

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.