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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.

Our bodies have a finely tuned, built-in detoxifying system: It's called our liver, and it can detoxify our bodies better than any cleanse or fast without the unpleasantness and danger of muscle cramps, dehydration, and diarrhea associated with artificial cleanses.

Quotes by Harley Pasternak

Anytime you do anything with Ric Flair, it's kind of a strange and different atmosphere until you know that's what he's going to do, and it couldn't be any better. Besides myself, he was probably the next in line as...

Quotes by Harley Race

Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance.

Quotes by Harmon Killebrew

We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things...

Quotes by Harold Bloom

Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he may teach us how to overhear ourselves when we talk to ourselves... he may teach us how to accept change in ourselves as in others,...

Quotes by Harold Bloom

The world does not get to be a better or a worse place; it just gets more senescent.

Quotes by Harold Bloom

The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective.

Quotes by Harold Bloom

My mum is my biggest critic. She said I was good for the first film, but I can still be better, and I need to polish my acting skills.

Quotes by Hansika Motwani

I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.

Quotes by Hanya Yanagihara

I want to write my own stuff, and, you know, it would be nice to put myself in it. But I would like to hope that there are going to be better roles offered as well and that I don't...

Quotes by Hari Kondabolu

Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.

Quotes by Hans Kung

Historically, the mobile industry has been focused on the consumer, getting better performance and throughput to their devices.

Quotes by Hans Vestberg

I feel like we can't pick who we fall in love with because if we could, we would all make better choices. Your heart just falls where it falls.

Quotes by Hannah Simone

Something like your parents divorcing never quite leaves you. What you thought was real isn't real anymore, and that changes your perspective. It makes you more wary but also means you are better equipped to deal with challenges.

Quotes by Hannah Ware

The bottom line is, between Sonny Osborne and Earl Scruggs, I better know how to play banjo. I had the greatest teachers in the world.

Quotes by Hank Williams Jr.

You better mean what you’re singing or you need to get out of this business. That’s where I’m really lucky because they know I mean what I’m singing or I ain’t gonna sing it.

Quotes by Hank Williams Jr.

Women are just much better at getting degrees than men. It seems that school at every level plays to the natural strengths of women more than it does to men.

Quotes by Hanna Rosin

It is very important to moisturize your body! Your skin has a better glow when it's hydrated.

Quotes by Hannah Bronfman

Once you see the problems that algorithms can introduce, people can be quick to want to throw them away altogether and think the situation would be resolved by sticking to human decisions until the algorithms are better.

Quotes by Hannah Fry

We should actively be thinking about what our inventions would look like if exploited by someone with a less of a moral compass and decide if the world would really be better off with them in it.

Quotes by Hannah Fry

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.