“Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”

“Don't try to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.”

“The call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself.”

“It is a dangerous myth that we are better historians than our predecessors. We are not.”

“He knows that there's no better way in the world to aggravate somebody who's trying to make it hard for you than by acting like you're not bothered.”

“Sometimes it's better to end something & try to start something new than imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible.”

“Advertising works. Brand names are better known if advertised with sexy or alluring pictures, and better-known brands sell better. Why does it work? Because the price the consumer would have to pay in ignoring the subliminal message is just to high. Better to be fooled into buying the second best ice-cream than go to all the bother of educating yourself into the ability to resist salesmen.”

“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.”

“Don't you hate it when somebody knows you better than you know yourself?”

“Actors can be refined and be better. I’m an improved version of whatever you’ve seen earlier. I do not say this with arrogance, but it is my duty to be better than my predecessor and it’s my duty to see that my successor is better than me.”