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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 learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.

Quotes by Rick Scott

I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was.

Quotes by Rick Springfield

I am wary of sequels. I understand them from the studio's point of view, but the audience doesn't want more, they want better, and I thought the second 'Ghostbusters' was not very effective, it did not really work, so there's...

Quotes by Rick Moranis

Ronald Reagan knew audiences. It was a key element of his political genius. One of the things at which brilliant politicians are better than mediocre ones is smelling new public concerns over the horizon before they are picked up by...

Quotes by Rick Perlstein

As a general rule of thumb, Democrats do better in national elections when the year's defining issue is economic fairness, and Republicans do better when the defining issue is national security.

Quotes by Rick Perlstein

Our view is that individuals and families can govern their lives better than bureaucrats.

Quotes by Rick Perry

I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new players that now have experience and Palacios will be healthy.

Quotes by Rick Pitino

I know Los Angeles has it better than Chicago when it comes to produce year round!

Quotes by Rick Bayless

I once loved this game. But after being traded four times, I realized that it's nothing but a business. I treat my horses better than the owners treat us. It's a shame they've destroyed my love for the game.

Quotes by Richie Allen

To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.

Quotes by Richie Ashburn

We're probably doing better business than we thought we would do especially considering the disappointing way the record company has handled the album.

Quotes by Rick Allen

I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!

Quotes by Rick Baker

Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds.

Quotes by Richard Wagner

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

Quotes by Richard Whately

It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom...

Quotes by Richard Wilbur

As our company grew and we began growing our family stateside - with heritages ranging from Liberian and Sierra Leonean to Irish, Indian, Swedish, Filipino, German, and beyond - our different cultural influences and walks of life helped us even...

Quotes by Richelieu Dennis

Administrators and scientists are excited by buckyballs for their own sake, and if they turn out to have practical applications, so much the better.

Quotes by Richard Smalley

Obviously if you're Coppola going into 'Apocalypse Now' off the back of the two 'Godfathers,' you're in a much better position than coming off the back of something like 'Dust Devil,' which had scarcely been released, and was pretty much...

Quotes by Richard Stanley

Fortunately, economists open to new ways of thinking are finding novel ways to use supposedly irrelevant factors to make the world a better place.

Quotes by Richard Thaler

I thought Out of Action was better as a catalogue than the honeycomb because the honeycomb was like walking into one compartment and then another compartment.

Quotes by Richard Serra

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.