Top 1200 Better Than You Quotes & Sayings - Page 10

Better to bear than to swear, and to die than to lie.

I tell you there isn't a thing under the sun that needs to be done at all, but what a man can do better than a woman, unless it's bearing children, and they do that in a poor make-shift way; it had better ha been left to the men.

That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from, much better than fiction, I think.

Who should know better than a cosmetician that human beings are less than rational creatures?

I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the triumphant result of faith in human kind, than a well-contested American national election.

Believe in better, which is a corporate phrase rather than a political phrase. We don't want more. We're not looking for quantity. We're looking for quality. Believe in better suggests intergenerational change. It suggests product innovation. It suggests something better for the future.

Nowhere is it more true that "prevention is better than cure," than in the case of Parasitic Diseases.

There were situations in my career where I played much better than another player in my position, but that player had a better name in terms of commercial appeal.

Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.

A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.

If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art no better than a fly. Conquer thy heart that thou mayest become somebody.

If evolution was worth its salt, by now it should've evolved something better than survival of the fittest. I think a better idea would be survival of the wittiest.

It is better to be a fool than to be dead. It is better to emit a scream in the shape of a theory than to be entirely insensible to the jars and incongruities of life and take everything as it comes in a forlorn stupidity. Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind. For God's sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself!

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

There is nothing better than getting something in front of an audience in a less stressful setting than previews!

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don't think they're teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who's saying that - a guy who was 300 pounds - but I'm doing a lot better than I used to. I'm letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

There's nobody who knows the left better than I know 'em. I know the left like I know every square inch of my gloriously naked body, not just the back of my hand. I know them. I know them better than they know themselves because they refuse to be honest about who they are really are and what they really believe, but I am.

I love my country better than my family; but I love humanity better than my country.

If the other guy is getting better, then you'd better be getting better faster than the other guy is getting better... or you're getting worse.

Most artists don't understand what they do, and I don't think we have to. Other people do that better - they understand what I do better than I do!

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

I like the film camera better because the film is still one hundred times better than any digital image at the moment. So, there are certain movies that you can't really do digitally.

My children have made me a better man, which is - in the end, that's probably more important than two more comedy specials or being in better shape.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.

Don't let this[football] be the best thing that ever happens in your life. Maybe it'll be the best sports event, but don't let it be the best thing. Make sure you're a better father than this today. Make sure you're a better husband than this today. Because this goes away... It's a game.

Look, people get drunk ... People chase girls. And the point is, it's a hell of a lot better for them to get drunk than to take drugs. It's better to chase girls than boys.

It is better to desire than to enjoy, to love than to be loved.

There is no better system in the world than the U.K. education system that offers better value for money.

Islam is not about “we’re better than you”. Rather it is about “let me show you something that is better for you

In the NBA, you have a better diet and strength coaches to make you better physically. And the number of coaches, it makes me feel like there's more of them than us players.

In San Antonio when I was asked to say other players were better than me to help their confidence so they can play better, that was the most disrespectful thing that I've ever heard from any coach in my life.

[Donald] Trump is going to appeal better to African Americans, Hispanics, and others than previous Republican candidates because he's talking about what they want: a fair chance to have a better life economically.

Some days are better than others, some weeks are better than others.

Netflix is a better company with more upside than we had given it credit for than when we shorted it.

It's rewarding riding into the sunset. What better way to go? My teammates carried me off the field - it doesn't get any better than that. Now it's time to be a dad. To be as successful at that as I was at baseball would be nice.

No. The moral of the story in so far as it has one is that cannibals can study logic, and that if you are going to leave the path, you better have your wits about you and know better than to trust the first scary old lady who talks to you in public.

Be not too slow in the breaking of a sinful custom; a quick, courageous resolution is better than a gradual deliberation; in such a combat he is the bravest soldier that lays about him without fear or wit. Wit pleads, fear disheartens; he that would kill Hydra had better strike off one neck than five heads: fell the tree, and the branches are soon cut off.

Spanking doesn't lead to anything in the child, other than anger, a sense of frustration and humiliation. And parents can do better. I'm not saying it should be against the law but parents can do better.

There is no worse evil than a bad woman; and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one.

It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them.

I played tennis. My older brother, Joseph, was a cello player, and I played the cello, but he was better than me at the cello, and he was also a better tennis player than me, so I was always like, 'I wish there was something that only I did!'

I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America. It's pretty darn strong. I mean, the people see a better future.

It is better to buy from a small, privately owned local store than from a chain store. It is better to buy a good product than a bad one. Do not buy anything you don't need. Do as much as you can for yourself. If you cannot do something for yourself, see if you have a neighbor who can do it for you. Do everything you can to see that your money stays as long as possible in the local community.

Another life, if it were not better than this, would be less a promise than a threat.

Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion.

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do...Try to be better than yourself.

What could be better than to hold your hand out to people less fortunate than you are?

All we can do is be better prepared today than yesterday and better prepared tomorrow than today.

You are in a partnership with all other human beings, not a contest to be judged better than some and worse than others.

I try to read writers who are better than me because it inspires me to be better.

Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant.

After you have a big game, you can't just say, 'That's it, I've arrived,' by any means. I'm always pushing it to be better. You always want to be better than you are, no matter what. I think that's important.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is more important than the highest parentage.

We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities.

I think that Wladimir is more talented than I, and he has tremendous punching power. He's younger. He's the one. He's better than me.

The argument, now, is about whether Bolshevik Russia was 'better' than Nazi Germany. In the days when the New Left dawned, the argument was about whether Bolshevik Russia was better than America.

Is there someone who can play guitar better than me technically? One hundred percent. But does anyone look better playing a guitar in my generation? Absolutely not.

When you're about 20 years old, you kind of think out - I figured out that it was better - less good to be successful and better to have a laughing life, laugh more than you frown all through your life. Because on the day you die, which one would you have said had the happier life, the better life? And so I put a lot of humor in my life.

I feel the same way about every album. I think it's better than the one before. I have a strong feeling that you can't put out a record until you hate the last one you did because you have to make it better.

Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.