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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.

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Quotes by Edward Everett

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

Quotes by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

Quotes by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

An understanding is perhaps better than an alliance, which may stereotype arrangements which cannot be regarded as permanent in view of the changing circumstances from day to day.

Quotes by Edward Grey

Of all the thankless jobs that economists set for themselves when it comes to educating people about economics, the notion that society is better off if some industries are allowed to wither, their workers lose their jobs, and investors lose...

Quotes by Edward C. Prescott

In the category of economic superpowers, more is better than less - the more technology those leaders develop, the more we all benefit.

Quotes by Edward C. Prescott

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Quotes by Edward Dahlberg

The ancients understood the regulation of power better than the regulation of liberty.

Quotes by Edward Dahlberg

I wanted to be a soccer player, and I became the best of the best, the number one, better than Maradona, better than Pele, and even better than Messi - but only at night, nighttime, during my dreams. When I...

Quotes by Eduardo Galeano

Raising the minimum wage seems to all economists to, at the very least, fail to 'raise' employment, and we'd all like to see better inclusion of low-skilled workers into good-paying jobs.

Quotes by Edmund Phelps

Everybody feels better about himself, his community, and his country if employers are paying workers well. Economics, though, teaches that if every employer is pressured to raise wages, some labor will be priced out of the market.

Quotes by Edmund Phelps

At the simplest level, economics can better show us the consequences of our actions. Less simple are cases in which we don't have the knowledge to predict the full consequences. Global warming and climate change are examples.

Quotes by Edmund Phelps

It always seemed much better to be a writer - a Real Writer - than a successful hack.

Quotes by Edmund White

I always feel I'm better known in England than I am here in the U.S. Americans don't read that much, and the French are very good at knowing the names of everybody.

Quotes by Edmund White

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

Quotes by Edna Ferber

Some of us have been thinking and talking too long without doing anything. Poems are perfect; picketing, sometimes, is better.

Quotes by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians.

Quotes by Edsger Dijkstra

We owe our success to them, and also to the fact that, as the saying goes, two 'Eds' are better than one.

Quotes by Edmond H. Fischer

When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing,...

Quotes by Edmund Hillary

We were too young to know better, and none of us were very aggressive people. It would have helped a lot if just one of us had been aggressive enough to say no.

Quotes by Edie Brickell

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.