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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.

It ain't just one guy, it's a team game, and I'll get myself better, I'll keep working on my technique and trying to find ways to free myself and keep making plays.

Quotes by Aaron Donald

My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.

Quotes by A. S. Byatt

Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will...

Quotes by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

My job was to build, and that's still my job - and I like that better than interviews.

Quotes by A. James Clark

Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.

Quotes by A. J. McLean

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.

Quotes by A. J. Liebling

I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.

Quotes by A. J. Jacobs

We're living with the Arabs; we have to understand them... Through knowing the Arabs, you know yourself better.

Quotes by A. B. Yehoshua

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

Quotes by A. A. Milne

The super-rich watch each other like envious owls, to see who's got a slightly better loafer, a pullover made from some even more absurdly endangered fur. They will go to any lengths to find the best tailors.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

Penicillin and plastic bags help a lot, fridges and hot water make manliness more comfortable and Tom Ford's fragrance range makes it smell better, but the idea that has pushed our lives into the light more than any other -ism...

Quotes by A. A. Gill

Because there is no better tool for writing than experience. It has very little to do with grammar and everything to do with knowing.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Quotes by Dolores Ibarruri

Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.

Quotes by Zygmunt Bauman

Partnerships are increasingly seen through the prism of promises and expectations, and as a kind of product for consumers: satisfaction on the spot, and if not fully satisfied, return the product to the shop or replace it with a new...

Quotes by Zygmunt Bauman

I think women make better pilots.

Quotes by Zoey Tur

In covering breaking news, there's no better way than using a helicopter.

Quotes by Zoey Tur

When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.

Quotes by Zong Qinghou

Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring.

Quotes by Zooey Deschanel

I guess the headline is that you mustn't tough it out assuming it's 'normal' to feel incredible pain when you're preggo or post-partum, or be afraid to try a new specialist or a new kind of specialist if you have...

Quotes by Zoe Foster Blake

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.