The Christian – the biblical – concept of mercy toward wrongdoers only exists in relation to justice. Showing mercy, in relation to wrongdoing, means treating someone better than they deserve. – John Piper
Not only does Hollywood make money – it seems to make better movies during recessions. I’m sure a lot of studio executives wish we could have one every year. – John Ridley
The object of advertising is to get people to feel better about the product you’re selling. – Jerry Della Femina
As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you do seem as good as it can be and even better than it is. – J. J. Abrams
Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a staircase, can somehow capture an emotion much better. – John Lydon
There are a handful of actors who sustain interest because it’s exciting to watch them get better at what they do. I want to be one of those actors. – Julia Stiles
I’m big into the PlayStation 2. From what I’ve heard, the Xbox is the better system, but I can’t get used to that controller. – John Cena
If we now find ourselves looking down on the cheap and convenient, it is only because we now have better things which are affordable. – Julian Baggini
Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We’ve moved a long way from that, and that’s important. – Jimmy Wales
Different’ and ‘new’ is relatively easy. Doing something that’s genuinely better is very hard. – Jonathan Ive
I’m just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person. – Jeffrey Dean Morgan
The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC. – Jurgen Klopp
There’s still a place for someone to come up with a strong headline, some copy in a commercial that’s well written. I’m not saying it was better in the old days; it’s just a totally different way of communicating. – Jerry Della Femina
When we tell little white lies, we become progressively color-blind. It is better to remain silent than to mislead. – James E. Faust
Beginning a poem, the poet as a rule doesn’t know the way it’s going to come out, and at times, he is very surprised by the way it turns out, since often it turns out better than he expected; often his thought carries further than he reckoned. – Joseph Brodsky
It’s getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older. – Julie Walters
Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness. – Jon Kabat-Zinn
We believe that the farm should be building ‘forgiveness’ into the ecosystem. What does that mean? That a more forgiving ecosystem is one that can better handle drought, flood, disease, pestilence. – Joel Salatin
We are as good judges of our interest and safety, and the means of preserving them, as the non-slaveholding States are of theirs, and rather better than they can be of ours. – John C. Calhoun
If you have everything, then you don’t want to go on. It’s the lacking that makes you search for something better. – Juliette Binoche
Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said. – Jim Rohn
In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia. – James Earl Jones
I think self-esteem is fluid. It’s not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others. – Jo Brand