Better Quotes

Actors talking about themselves. Nothing better!

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.

We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at them like they're crazy, because 'sacrifice' infers that there was something better to do than being with your children.

I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk.

That was when I found out that you could talk to them and it was a whole other way to blow your stack, and it's so much fun to perform that you want to do it again and the more you get out of it the better.

You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.

When you talk about the Final Fantasy series, the series started selling better after 7, and that was the base idea for the center of the set list for the LA concert.

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic.

For generations, America has served as a beacon of hope and freedom for those outside her borders, and as a land of limitless opportunity for those risking everything to seek a better life. Their talents and contributions have continued to enrich our country.

You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help them to be better than without a conductor. And sometimes young talented musicians have to be encouraged.

I've got the god given talent or the god given opportunity better put, to let that out in a harmless way you know, and I don't know what it does to you, I don't really know.

The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.

Sometimes, taking a job is like going to a shrink or something, where you get to know yourself better.

Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end, you're actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. It's far better to remain a calm parent.

That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego's reaction.

I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.

To be loved is important as is having a sense of accomplishment but to love is equally important in life especially when it is combined with taking action to do something for someone else to make their life better.

If somebody has a better idea than me, I'll take it if it surpasses what we have on the page because at the end of the day, it's me that takes the credit anyway!

Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.

I've done scenes in films that I felt like the performance was better in certain takes, but they couldn't use them because it didn't match what the person was doing when they came around and the camera was on them.

It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.

I feel that I have such an abundance in my life, and once you've seen how many people suffer and how little it takes for you to actually change their lives for the better, it's hard not to do something.

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself.

A few years ago, one of our singles got beaten out by Better Than Ezra. The label could only have one band at a time being taken to the right people at radio, and they opted for Better Than Ezra instead of us. Who knows.