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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.

Spanish alone was understood or spoken here; our friend, the countryman, stuck to us most nobly, he understood us not a bit better than the rest but saw that we were in distress and would not desert us.

Quotes by George Grey

In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for...

Quotes by George Gurdjieff

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

Quotes by George H. W. Bush

I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.

Quotes by George H. W. Bush

Democracy, if it meant what our forefathers said, that would be great, but unfortunately it's been corrupted by this funding and funding of campaigns. There's a much better way to do it. There could be a small amount of money...

Quotes by George Hamilton

It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.

Quotes by George Harrison

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Quotes by George Herbert

Better never begin than never make an end.

Quotes by George Herbert

I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.

Quotes by George Herman

My first instrument was bass, and the first thing that I remember learning to play that was better than a few notes was Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain.' If you're the guy who penned that bass riff, then you should probably...

Quotes by George Ezra

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

Quotes by George Foreman

Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot.

Quotes by George Foreman

After you work out, you have your dog with you. There's no better companion. You've got to have a friend. I didn't like opponents who had dogs with them. Because you know they had a little edge. They have a...

Quotes by George Foreman

I have met Saddam Hussein exactly the same number of times as Donald Rumsfeld met him. The difference is that Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns and to give him maps the better to target those guns.

Quotes by George Galloway

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.

Quotes by George Crabbe

Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director.

Quotes by George Cukor

The writers are writing human beings, and they're writing about the human condition and how difficult it is to function in that condition. I think it's one of the charms of the show, the idea of redemption and working towards...

Quotes by George Dzundza

If you know you're going to be outside, you have to be a little bit more in tune, so that you don't get distracted by what's going on and focus better.

Quotes by George Dzundza

Also by my earliest days, I was fascinated by a utopian vision of what the world could be like. I've thought that science could be the basis for a better world, and that's what I've been trying to do all...

Quotes by George E. Brown, Jr.

'Old times' never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.

Quotes by George Edward Woodberry

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.