“That Germany beat these countries was due to better planning and not better preparedness.”

“No one is better at not beating America than England.”

Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian

“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Nobody beat me up as much as I beat myself up. This is what I love doing, and I have one life to do it in, and I better to it right, I better do it well.”

Hans Zimmer (1957) German film composer and music producer

“Death: frightening and inevitable./ It is necessary to give rise to better offspring./ It is necessary to give way to a better life-style/ It is necessary due to the law of nature.”

Kuruvilla Pandikattu (1957) Indian philosopher

“If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize.”

Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist

“The longing that God has placed in our hearts is for heaven, a better place, a better country.”

Paul P. Enns (1937) American theologian

“Perseverance in almost any plan is better than fickleness and fluctuation. (Alexander Hamilton, July 1792)”

Ron Chernow book Alexander Hamilton

“Canada is a country that works better in practice than in theory.”

Stéphane Dion (1955) Canadian politician

“You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.”

Samuel Youd (1922–2012) British writer