- Danger
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Know
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance.
- Knowledge
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.
- Change
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he may teach us how to overhear ourselves when we talk to ourselves... he may teach us how to accept change in ourselves as in others, and perhaps even the final form of change.
- Place
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The world does not get to be a better or a worse place; it just gets more senescent.
- Think
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective.
- Good
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My mum is my biggest critic. She said I was good for the first film, but I can still be better, and I need to polish my acting skills.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.
- Myself
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I want to write my own stuff, and, you know, it would be nice to put myself in it. But I would like to hope that there are going to be better roles offered as well and that I don't need to do everything. You know, like, I appreciate my career being somewhat DIY, but it would be nice to get some help.
- Nov 07, 2020
Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
- Getting
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Historically, the mobile industry has been focused on the consumer, getting better performance and throughput to their devices.
- Heart
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like we can't pick who we fall in love with because if we could, we would all make better choices. Your heart just falls where it falls.
- Perspective
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Something like your parents divorcing never quite leaves you. What you thought was real isn't real anymore, and that changes your perspective. It makes you more wary but also means you are better equipped to deal with challenges.
- Know
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The bottom line is, between Sonny Osborne and Earl Scruggs, I better know how to play banjo. I had the greatest teachers in the world.
- Glow
- |
- Nov 07, 2020