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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 just use every experience I go through as a learning experience so I can better myself and get in position on what I want to do.

Quotes by Redman

As The Pioneer Woman has grown and the revenue has grown, the prizes keep getting better, and that certainly feels good.

Quotes by Ree Drummond

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.

Quotes by Rebecca West

The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.

Quotes by Rebel Wilson

The good Lord put oil and gas there for us to find and use, and we'd better do it.

Quotes by Red Adair

I don't think any foreign Internet company can effectively compete against Chinese companies in the Chinese market. The regulatory environment is so difficult that it's almost impossible for foreigners to have an advantage over locals who have better political connections...

Quotes by Rebecca MacKinnon

Novelist and poet David Huddle is a quiet but fabulous writer, and he does adolescent longing better than anyone I know.

Quotes by Rebecca Makkai

I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let the insecurity of my profession get the better of...

Quotes by Rebecca De Mornay

I depend a lot on my own judgment, for better or worse.

Quotes by Rebecca Eaton

I love mysteries on television - the more psychologically complex, the better.

Quotes by Rebecca Eaton

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.

Quotes by Rebecca Hall

Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the better looking will outsell the other.

Quotes by Raymond Loewy

There is no better source of real-time news than Twitter. With the constant sharing of news and information, if you're an active Twitter user, there's nothing happening, big or small, that you won't know right away.

Quotes by Raymond Arroyo

The Philippines is a country in which a man of morals can't be president, in which a politician who hasn't been linked to any wrongdoing isn't assumed to be honest, but merely better at hiding his corruption.

Quotes by Raymond Bonner

I am a better cook than I am an actor. If I have any ego, it's about cooking. I'm one of the best cooks... and I cook in any language.

Quotes by Raymond Burr

In high school and college, I gathered a number of medals for marksmanship, but I have long since abandoned this activity, having concluded that the world would be a better place with fewer sharpshooters.

Quotes by Raymond Davis, Jr.

I won't say that writing is therapy, but for me, the act of writing is therapy. The ability to be productive is good for my mental health. It's always better for me to be writing than vegetating on some couch.

Quotes by Raymond E. Feist

Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread - there may be.

Quotes by Ray Stannard Baker

A successful person isn't necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving.

Quotes by Ray Kurzweil

I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better.

Quotes by Ray LaMontagne

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.