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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.

I was home-schooled and I graduated super-early. But I've always had older friends, so I got to go to all their dances. I got the best of both worlds. I had the choice to go to prom with a friend...

Quotes by Sasha Pieterse

I am pretty sure I will never get a better character name than Japonica Fenway.

Quotes by Sasha Pieterse

I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier.

Quotes by Sarah Zettel

It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is.

Quotes by Sargent Shriver

I'm much better at things if I believe in them, and a lot of those little teenage starlet roles, they have problems, too, and a lot of movies just ignore that.

Quotes by Sarah Steele

I think I'm probably much better at the boots and pocket knife thing than I am at the high heels and martini thing.

Quotes by Sarah Wayne Callies

I'd love to be in the '70s. I'd love to have a big, long wig parted down the middle with flat-ironed hair and bell-bottoms. They're actually very flattering for my figure. The wider the leg, the better for a person...

Quotes by Sarah Paulson

As for the zone, I always find the zone immediately after I am sure I will never ever find the zone again because it has left me for some other, better writer.

Quotes by Sarah MacLean

I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that.

Quotes by Sarah McLachlan

We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves.

Quotes by Sarah McLachlan

I felt impelled to write. It felt demonic, and I wanted to improve, the way some people habitually pick up a guitar and get better at playing it and making up songs.

Quotes by Sarah Hall

Writing, and its theatre of operation, is better than working shifts packing frozen sausages; that's all I need to think about if I'm having difficulties.

Quotes by Sarah Hall

I got to work for my hero and travel with him on a regular basis. It doesn't get much better than that for a job.

Quotes by Sarah Huckabee Sanders

The Trump Administration is working from all angles to bring jobs back to our country by making it a better place to do business.

Quotes by Sarah Huckabee Sanders

I'm very competitive. When I was, like, four, I would see a Shake 'N Bake commercial and see a little girl on that and think, 'I can do that. I might be better.'

Quotes by Sarah Hyland

I have really big alien eyes, so the more mascara the better.

Quotes by Sarah Hyland

'Star Wars' is life, but 'Star Wars' is also not very good, which is why 'Rogue One' - a Frankenstein's monster assembled from a butchered first cut and an excessively large space antenna that only exists to add another 30...

Quotes by Sarah Jeong

If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves.

Quotes by Sarah Gadon

The more unpopular politicians are, the better people think it is to have a monarchy.

Quotes by Sarah Bradford

But to be part of helping create a character and be a part of something from the beginning - the excitement of it - it doesn't get any better.

Quotes by Sarah Chalke

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.