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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.

If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Our house has a library - it seemed better use of the space than as a dining room! - and I try to spend as much time in there as possible. There's nothing better while reading or writing than to...

Quotes by Adam Christopher

Well, guys are better at mechanical stuff and women are better at emotional stuff.

Quotes by Adam Carolla

There are certain things women are better at than men.

Quotes by Adam Carolla

I was rather foolish in saying that I did not like arithmetic and to learn figures when I did - I was not thinking quite what I was about. The sums can be done better, if I tried, than they...

Quotes by Ada Lovelace

Part of me feels it's better we're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Quotes by Ad-Rock

'Alternative facts' is really one of the better things that's come out in a long time. 'Alternative facts?' It's brilliant! Really? Alternative facts? There are two different realities?

Quotes by Ad-Rock

I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.

Quotes by Ace Frehley

I've been around a long time, so I guess I've touched a lot of people's lives - hopefully for the better.

Quotes by Ace Frehley

Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there.

Quotes by Ace Frehley

I think most of the people, once you see a Kiss show, you kinda get spoiled because I don't think there's anybody out there that's doing a bigger or a better show than us.

Quotes by Ace Frehley

I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record.

Quotes by Ace Frehley

If you give a party, you better give it right.

Quotes by Aby Rosen

Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.

Quotes by Abu Bakr

We should be proud that our Prophet came into the world with the message of Islam to change it for the better, and not for the worse, or to keep things as they are.

Quotes by Abu Bakar Bashir

This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.

Quotes by Abu Bakar Bashir

True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.

Abraham Lincoln

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?'

Abraham Lincoln

Upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I have thought. I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but, holding it a sound maxim that it is better only sometimes to...

Abraham Lincoln

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.