Better Quotes

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.

Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things.

Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.

We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.

If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.

Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction.

Because we believe that our ethnic group, our society, our political party, our God, is better than your God, we kill each other.

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.

I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society.

Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country.

RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.

And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.

The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others.

Let those who like society better have it.

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.

I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.

Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.

While most of us know that we feel better after a good hearty laugh, science, in many cases, is yet to prove why.

Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science.

Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science.

Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better.

First, I think the science of monetary economics has clearly gotten better.

We've established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science about what is right for our state, meaning the quality of our lives will get better.

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives.

One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it.

We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics, and I can think of no better way to achieve this than through our future in space.