Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.
You go to a plant not only to pat the people on the back, but to tell them about the opportunities they have to do a better job. Quality is one of the opportunities they have to do a better job.
I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.
Rock is ironic in that, up to a certain point, you can get better and better at it if you don't mind possibly looking more and more ridiculous.
Don't regret your mistakes. You'll always make mistakes. The better you are, the less mistakes you make. The only way to get better is to thoroughly analyze your mistakes.
I felt that justice had been served and that the world was, in some way, a better place for all of us.
Once I had a better beat, I needed to have an even better one. And somewhere in that climbing, I lost sight of, sort of, my moral and ethical underpinnings.
You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.
I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.
In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.
I really do feel like I'm in better shape and look better now - even after having three kids - than I did before.
While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to some extent.
I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.
It's always what you did before. The year before is always so much better. Even when the critics hated what you did then, it always looks better five years later.
Coachable people seek out those who speak truth to them, even if it is a painful truth, because it protects them and it makes them a better person and leader.
What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better.
I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday evening, and I passed. Had better things to do.
In France, if you have any sort of talent, you'd better keep it here. And if you're going to go abroad, it had better not be America. The old battle - American versus Frog cinema. It's ridiculous.
One thing we have lost, that we had in the past, is a sense of progress, that things are getting better. There is a sense of volatility, but not of progress.
