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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.

When you can hear a violinist, that is better than you, then you learn from him, because if you play with somebody who is worse than you, then you go down.

Quotes by Ruggiero Ricci

To me, the fact that the Mexican came North in search of a better life is a tremendous epic that hasn't been written. It's an odyssey that we know nothing about. And they came with a dream for a better...

Quotes by Rudolfo Anaya

America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States.

Quotes by Rudy Giuliani

I don't invest in the stock market. I did it a long, long time ago when I was really young, and I got involved in all the investigations and all the prosecutions, and I felt it was better if I...

Quotes by Rudy Giuliani

I just wanted to keep getting better and better and better, and that's just my mindset.

Quotes by Rudy Gobert

I like a book better if I can't predict what's going to happen.

Quotes by Rudy Rucker

As for radio and movies, I like the movies better, although the work is much harder. The cinema has microphone technique, staging, and glamour all wrapped up into one.

Quotes by Rudy Vallee

Everyone has a black guy inside them. Mine is a Cuban sonero who is 80-something years old and sings better than I do. His name is Medoro Madera. Medoro has been recording since 1997.

Quotes by Ruben Blades

The more you play, the more you feel part of the squad, and then, in turn, you end up playing better. I think it's a psychological gap as well - if you don't think you're a first-team player, then you...

Quotes by Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Better than Zidane? That is impossible! It is always good for us to hear things like that, but we have to be real. I know where I am.

Quotes by Ruben Neves

You can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are better than others, and you can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are less than others, either.

Quotes by Ruby Dee

We can do better in higher education. And it is more than just technology. It's also an attitude on the part of faculty. We need to think through how we can produce a better quality product at less cost.

Quotes by Roy Romer

You can take a school like the University of Colorado, with a selective admission standard. It has a better caliber student going in, so you ought to have a better caliber coming out.

Quotes by Roy Romer

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.

Quotes by Roy Jenkins

Every day, it was the same: school, homework, farm work, training. Getting hurt or dying might've been better than the life I was living.

Quotes by Roy Jones Jr.

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

Quotes by Roy L. Smith

Making something good and saying something brilliant are not two things. When you make your own statement, there is a higher energy level, and you do better painting.

Quotes by Roy Lichtenstein

There are athletes out there trying to get every advantage they can, including things like muscle and low-fat percentages. I feel if I'm the better fighter, I'm the better fighter.

Quotes by Roy Nelson

There's some guys where I'm like, 'I won that fight and only lost because of the judges,' or I got cheated or whatever. I know I'm a better fighter.

Quotes by Roy Nelson

Law enforcement officials have been candid in identifying ways officers could have handled the situation in Ferguson better, and I trust those recommendations will be helpful as we continue to count on them to protect us.

Quotes by Roy Blunt

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.