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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.

Truth is, I don't like movies that are only good once; I tend to dismiss them. I like movies that get better the more you watch them.

Quotes by Drew Goddard

I know this business better than most people, and I'm extremely passionate about it.

Quotes by Drew McIntyre

I have to do a better job of learning how to adjust.

Quotes by Drew Pomeranz

Since Obama has expressed admiration for the portrait of Abraham Lincoln that Doris Kearns Goodwin paints in 'Team of Rivals,' he could do the 16th president one better: He should name Hillary Clinton as his running mate in 2012. That...

Quotes by Douglas Wilder

I am a big fan of the TV series 'Taxi' which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen.

Quotes by Douglas Wood

I think it's incredible what I've done. A lot of sweat. But as an innovator, I look back and can't help but go, 'Damn, there's things I could've done better, you know?'

Quotes by Dr. Dre

The less said about Inner Space Fungus the better. I've still got the tapes in my house, but I'm afraid to play them back for fear that bacterial growth will take over my house.

Quotes by Dr. John

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Quotes by Dr. Seuss

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.'

Quotes by Dr. Seuss

It doesn't get much better than playing Elvis during the early days of his career.

Quotes by Drake Milligan

I was always taught, even as a kid, playing against grown men, you get better.

Quotes by Draymond Green

When you play against people that's better than you, you get better.

Quotes by Draymond Green

I know things that I need to work on in my life, things that I can be better at.

Quotes by Draymond Green

At the end of the day, I continue to think I can get better, and that's always my focus.

Quotes by Draymond Green

If you're not getting better, you're getting worse.

Quotes by Draymond Green

I will not feel like I've made it until the day I retire from basketball because there's something that I can always get better at, and there's always somebody better, and that's what drives me.

Quotes by Draymond Green

I like to make everything my friends are involved in a little better. I should have just become a manager.

Quotes by Drea De Matteo

If you choose a market that already exists, say, networking equipment, you have to compete with an established company like Cisco. Even if your product is marginally better, Cisco can fudge it and outsell you.

Quotes by Douglas Leone

Fanaticism is at its very strongest when it has political or, better still, religious motivation.

Quotes by Douglas Murray

I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak up behind my back.

Quotes by Douglas Preston

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.