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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.

As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.

Quotes by Eileen Myles

I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny always tells me I sing other people's songs better than my own. She says I loosen up and give the songs...

Quotes by El DeBarge

As we celebrate Women's History Month this March, it's important to remember the key role women have played in promoting a better understanding and relationships between our country and the rest of the world.

Quotes by Elaine Chao

To better deal with shortages of qualified applicants now and in the future, government policy makers need to acknowledge that government job training programs could stand improvement.

Quotes by Elaine Chao

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

Quotes by Edwin Louis Cole

The prisoners for better security against conversation shall have a canvas bag put over the head of each and tied around the neck, with a holes for proper breathing and eating, but not seeing.

Quotes by Edwin M. Stanton

I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him, and I did so day and night, when I saw him and when I did not see him,...

Quotes by Edwin M. Stanton

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Quotes by Edwin Markham

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

Quotes by Edwin Moses

Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.

Quotes by Edward Teller

I wouldn't have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or to have new insights about the quantum states of black holes.

Quotes by Edward Witten

The more praying there is in the world, the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil everywhere.

Quotes by Edward McKendree Bounds

The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

Quotes by Edward Norton

It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.

Quotes by Edward Norton

As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and is in no better case than a constructed language.

Quotes by Edward Sapir

I think it's much richer and much more fun to be an artist than to be anything else. I can't think of a better life than acting.

Quotes by Edward Herrmann

Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run.

Quotes by Edward Hoagland

When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.

Quotes by Edward James Olmos

Every day, we have to strive to be better people. Some days we give in to weakness, and sometimes we give in to strength.

Quotes by Edward Kitsis

In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains.

Quotes by Edward Lawrie Tatum

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.