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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.

I've now learned that the most stressful day of filming a TV series is the first day of a new episode. You haven't quite banked the one you just wrapped and are wondering, 'Did I do that right?' 'Could I...

Quotes by Gina Bellman

I want to be better informed with regard to ichthyology.

Quotes by Gilbert White

What's the function of poetry? It's to express general truths, to connect with the reader and make him think: 'Wow, I've experienced that, but you've expressed it so much better.'

Quotes by Giles Andreae

I think people connect better with TV. stars over film stars.

Quotes by Gil Gerard

It's more fun having him as everyman in the 25th Century. It is better to concentrate on what this planet will be like 500 years from now, and not be dealing with little aliens in space and all that related...

Quotes by Gil Gerard

I tend to avoid cakes made with matzo meal instead of flour. Also, most prepared dessert products and mixes. Sometimes the packaging they come in tastes better than the product.

Quotes by Gil Marks

If you're supposed to be doing something, the spirits will come and help you. They have helped me out with lines I shouldn't have known, chords I shouldn't have known. Every once in a while I get lines from somewhere,...

Quotes by Gil Scott-Heron

I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.

Quotes by Gil Scott-Heron

For better or for worse, in 'The Last Savage,' I have dared to do away completely with fashionable dissonance, and in a modest way, I have endeavored to rediscover the nobility of gracefulness and the pleasure of sweetness.

Quotes by Gian Carlo Menotti

It's always what you did before. The year before is always so much better. Even when the critics hated what you did then, it always looks better five years later.

Quotes by Gian Carlo Menotti

Comfort is very important to me. I think people live better in big houses and in big clothes.

Quotes by Gianni Versace

It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better.

Quotes by Gianni Versace

I've just got to keep working hard, try to get my team better. That's a goal of mine.

Quotes by Giannis Antetokounmpo

It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try to do it.

Quotes by Gertrude Jekyll

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

Quotes by Gertrude Stein

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

Quotes by Gertrude Stein

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer.

Quotes by Gertrude Stein

I guess I knew my dad was into photography, so a part of me was interested in picking it up to understand him a little better.

Quotes by Gia Coppola

I've obviously learned a lot, a lot of mental toughness, learned how to deal with some adversity. Hopefully I'm better for it.

Quotes by Gerrit Cole

Trying to get better, always, is my goal.

Quotes by Gerrit Cole

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.