“Anything is better than lies and deceit!”

“Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret.”

Frank Zappa book The Real Frank Zappa Book

“Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.”

Billie Joe Armstrong (1972) American singer and guitarist

“I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“It is far better to become something than to remain anything but become nothing.”

Jordan Peterson book Beyond Order

“Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.”

Cornelia Funke Inkheart trilogy

“Anything, anything would be better than this agony of mind, this creeping pain that gnaws and fumbles and caresses one and never hurts quite enough.”

Jean Paul Sartre No Exit

“If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else.”

Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author

“Anything was better than playing cards, and I was doing something I wanted to do — creating.”

Mary Martin (1913–1990) American actress