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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.

If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction?

Quotes by J. M. Coetzee

I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life -...

Quotes by J. M. G. Le Clezio

I can understand better than most the contradiction between the idealistic civilisation and religious morals of Europe and what they did with the slaves, because the root of the evil is only two generations away from me. Maybe this has...

Quotes by J. M. G. Le Clezio

The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union.

Quotes by J. Michael Straczynski

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

Quotes by J. D. Salinger

Stand-up comedians say that anyone in the audience can be funny, but people paid to see us because we're just a little bit funnier. In the same way, I think anybody can play music - in fact, I think everyone...

Quotes by J. D. Souther

I think most of us sense that it is a responsibility of the humanities to try to help better the conduct of human beings in their lives and manifold professional activities.

Quotes by J. Irwin Miller

I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids are better left naive about certain things.

Quotes by J. J. Abrams

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

Quotes by J. B. Priestley

The more activity around Chicago-based companies, and the more success that entrepreneurs have in Chicago, the better we as venture capitalists in Chicago will do.

Quotes by J. B. Pritzker

Single-payer is about making our society a better place. It's about putting people over profits.

Quotes by J. B. Pritzker

In hip-hop, there's not a lot of love. There's not a lot of love being spread. It's always like 'I'm stuntin' on you raps, or I'm better than you raps.' It's not a lot of 'Yo man, I idolize you...

Quotes by J. Cole

I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.

Quotes by J. Cole

If a traditional publisher offered me a quarter of a million dollars for a novel, I'd consider it. But anything less than that, I'm sure I can do better on my own.

Quotes by J. A. Konrath

I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.

Quotes by Ivan Reitman

There's nothing my housekeeper does that I can't do - and maybe better!

Quotes by Ivana Trump

Global warming has become a new religion. We frequently hear about the number of scientists who support it. But the number is not important: only whether they are correct is important. We don't really know what the actual effect on...

Quotes by Ivar Giaever

I'm a better writer than a performer. Everyone wants to feel like they're a bit of a polymath, and I certainly feel that.

Quotes by Ivo Graham

Every blessed one of you feels better for that burst of laughter.

Quotes by Ivor Novello

Boys have been wearing skirts for some time now. My three assistants wear mini skirts. They come to work on their motorcycles wearing mini skirts. The French saw the idea on the streets and have done it in better fabrics,...

Quotes by Issey Miyake

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.