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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.

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.

Quotes by Vance Havner

I wasn't completely comfortable in the footy culture because I wasn't that comfortable in my own skin, which I am now. I'd fit in better now, but I don't miss the training and the injuries you get playing footy.

Quotes by Vance Joy

The great thing about fiction is you can fix things and make things better.

Quotes by Valerie Plame

Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.

Quotes by Val Guest

I can do back fists, spinning kicks. I have more options, and I can show the better striking.

Quotes by Valentina Shevchenko

Innovation usually arises from somebody taking a product already in production and making it better: better glass, better aluminum, a better chip. Innovation always starts with a product.

Quotes by Vaclav Smil

In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.

Quotes by Usher

It is better to be likable than to be talented.

Quotes by Utah Phillips

Alone is a much better film than House of the Dead and better than most horror movies out today.

Quotes by Uwe Boll

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

Quotes by Upamanyu Chatterjee

I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.

Quotes by Upamanyu Chatterjee

Our meaning is to make our little planet Earth a better place to live, to stop wars, disarm nuclear missiles, to stop diseases, AIDS, plague, cancer and to stop pollution.

Quotes by Uri Geller

From the RBI side, the fake Indian currency note is an important issue that needed to be addressed. The other collateral benefits from this, in terms of greater accountability, better public finance, more transparency, are, by definition, areas that take...

Quotes by Urjit Patel

As many have pointed out, it is not clear that we need so many public sector banks. The system could be better off if they are consolidated into fewer but healthier banks.

Quotes by Urjit Patel

I think when tattoos are new and colorful, they look bad. But they look better the older and more bleached out they become.

Quotes by Urs Fischer

The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with...

Quotes by Ulrich Beck

As an actor, a Dogme film is not that big a difference. You don't have to wait for the lighting, so you get a better rhythm. It's the camera guy and the editor and the sound guy who are in...

Quotes by Ulrich Thomsen

It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.

Quotes by Uma Thurman

Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame.

Quotes by Umberto Eco

A smile is better when you win.

Quotes by Unai Emery

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.