“This country would be a better place to live in if all the resources we currently put toward criminalizing marijuana were instead spent by law enforcement on protection from real crime, as opposed to victimless crime.” IfsRealCountryWould BeLawCrimeResourcesProtectionMarijuanaLaw EnforcementEnforcementBetter PlacePlaces To Live Author:Gary Johnson
“I ask everyone - white Hollywood and black Hollywood - to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That's where they're going to learn from each other, and that's where they're going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place.” AsksBlackWhiteComfortHollywoodZoneComfort ZoneBetter Place Author:Russell Simmons
“And these [pharmaceutical] companies are still threatening to sue. And it's like, you know, do you not have a conscience? Do you not want the world to be a better place? You're still making a profit. How much more of a profit do you want to make?” KnowsWorldWantStillsCompanyLike YouConscienceProfitThreateningBetter PlacePharmaceuticalPharmaceutical Companies Author:Elton John
“I grew up with sentiments such as, "Do what will make you happy, troubles are God's redirections that something good will come from, and that material things are to make the world a better place" and the latter came from my father because his father died of tuberculosis when he was twelve. They had no insurance, six kids and a hell of a time surviving.” WorldKidsFatherHellTroubleMaterialsGrewSixGrew UpDiedLatterSentimentsTwelveBetter PlaceSurvivingGood WillMake You HappyMaterial ThingsFather DiedTuberculosisRedirection Author:Bernie Siegel
“I grew up in Nazareth, Penn., which was an hour and a half from New York, and an hour and a half from Philly. So bands that were touring came through one way or another. We got to see stuff people in other small towns didn't, like Wesley Willis. I couldn't have asked for a better place to grow up and be into music.” PeopleWayGrowsStuffHoursHalfGrowing UpNew YorkGrewBandGrew UpTownsOne WayBetter PlaceSmall TownTouringNazareth Author:Daughn Gibson
“There's nothing that the United States can do. Nothing that would change systems in the Middle East, nothing the United States can do that would make the Middle East a better place.” StatesCan DoUnitedUnited StatesMiddleEastMiddle EastBetter Place Author:Jeffrey Goldberg
“I was looking at pictures of cats laying out on the beach and I thought, "Cats hate water, so why would they like the beach?" But then I realized that cats like to just lay around and lounge and be lazy, and what better place to do that than on the beach?” HateWaterCatLaysI RealizedBeachLazyBetter Place Author:Bethany Cosentino
“Millions of filmmakers would love to be in my position right now. If you are honest it makes the world a better place. I created the room with my passion and after all these years it finally worked out.” IfsWorldYearsPassionRoomsMillionsHonestPositionRight NowFilmmakerBetter PlaceMy Passion Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I got caught cheating a bunch of times, well now I'm not drinking but you think just because I say, "Oh I'm not cheating on you" that that's good enough? No! It's about action and I think it's the same way with God. It's about action, it's about the way you live your life and how you carry yourself and that's what God sees. I think people should take a page out of that book when they make their decisions and do things... and I think that the world would be a better place.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayShouldWellsBookEnoughWould BeActionDecisionPagesDrinkingCaughtBunchCheatingGood EnoughLive Your LifeBetter Place Author:Ryan Montgomery
“You can't work on the biceps and ignore the rest of the body, and you can't just say one issue is important when you are looking at how to make the world a better place.” WorldImportantBodyIssuesBetter PlaceBiceps Author:Sophia Bush
“It gives me such hope that each one of us can contribute to make this world a better place.” WorldGivingThis WorldGive MeBetter Place Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“I want to support the United Nations who can share our voice and make us heard. What they do makes the world a better place; if each of us can just give a word to their cause, it will only get better.” IfsWorldWantGivingNationsCausesVoiceUnitedSupportHeardShareGet BetterBetter PlaceUnited Nations Author:David Guetta
“I see marketing not only as a vital skill for small business success, but more importantly, as a vehicle to create art and connect deeply with and serve others to make the world a better place.” WorldArtSkillsMarketingVehicleBusiness SuccessBetter PlaceSmall Business Author:Marie Forleo
“I have a lot of questions and I don't have that many answers. So what better place to exercise those thoughts than the lyrics, I guess.” AnswersExerciseBetter Place Author:Aaron Bruno
“Sherlock Holmes becomes more human and more adept at fitting in with a lot of people, but he remains separate from the human race because he finds that a better place to observe that from. He stays on the mountain top because there, he can see clearly.” PeopleHumansRaceMountainRemainsHuman RaceBetter PlaceFittingHolmesAdeptMountain Top Author:Steven Moffat
“It is hard not to be inspired when you're living in New York. It doesn't matter what you do. I think that there is so much going on in this city. I like walking around or taking the subway, thinking about all the history here, looking at the architecture and all the people; of course, the museums. It's tough to find a better place to live.” PeopleThinkingMatterHardCoursesCitiesNew YorkWalkingToughInspiredArchitectureMuseumsBetter PlaceSubwayPlaces To LiveBe Inspired Author:Diego Klattenhoff
“I find social media as fun and engaging as the next person, but imagine if all the creative talent that was pouring into finding increasingly clever ways for us to broadcast daily banality (and then serve ads based on what is learned) instead focused on some of the UN Millennium goals? The world would be a better place.” IfsWorldWayPersonsWould BeNextFunSocialGoalCreativeImagineTalentMediaFindingsSocial MediaFocusedCleverAdsEngagingBetter PlacePouringMillenniumBanality Author:Scott D. Anthony
“Surely the world will be a better place, at least marginally, if people have a better understanding of Kant and Hegel, if Marx's thought its studied and appreciated, if people gain a better understanding of Fichte, whose philosophy is far more important than people realize.” PeopleIfsWorldImportantPhilosophyUnderstandingRealizingGainsBetter PlaceAppreciatedHegel Author:Allen W. Wood
“Utilitarianism condones killing of innocent human beings, even murder, if it makes the world a better place.” IfsWorldHumansHuman BeingsMurderKillingInnocentBetter PlaceUtilitarianism Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“I can't sit and compare my trouble to Brian Wilson but I came from a blue-collar family of fishermen. Music was an escape and a way for me to dream of better things and a better place to be. Let's just say I was an insecure, scared kid.” WayI CanDreamKidsTroubleBlueScaredCompareInsecureBetter PlaceCollarsFishermanWilsonBrianBlue Collar Author:Michael Buble
“There are so many great moments in Yankee Stadium. There is nothing better or no better place better to compete when you are good and the Yankees are good and you are playing a big series in September in Yankee Stadium, four game series, there is no greater excitement anywhere than the Yankee Stadium.” MomentsBigsGamesGreaterFourSeriesExcitementSeptemberBetter PlaceYankeesStadiumsGreat MomentsYankee Stadium Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“I think what we need to do is we need to seek some other way in which to do what is potentially good work by Google. Google has made the world a better place in some ways.” ThinkingWorldWayNeedsMadeGoogleGood WorkBetter Place Author:Jonathon Keats
“I would argue that search has made the world a better place. It has done so for reasons that arbitrarily could completely change that - not arbitrarily at all but to completely change how that plays out based upon the needs of profitability. So it's totally unreliable and it has many layers nested underneath that of many ulterior motives nested underneath it.” WorldNeedsMadeReasonDonePlayArguingMotiveLayersBetter PlaceUnreliableProfitabilityUlterior Motive Author:Jonathon Keats
“What we need to do is we need to say, how can - how can we operate independently in terms of putting together these various technologies in order to be able to make the world a better place?” WorldNeedsAbleTogetherOrderTermTechnologyVariousBetter Place Author:Jonathon Keats
“Right now it is illegal for a service provider to censor or block a site because they don't like it or to privilege someone who pays them extra money. So it's basically a level playing field. I think it was a great victory. It doesn't solve all the problems of our time, but I think we've gotten a much better place.” ThinkingProblemLevelsPayFieldsVictoryRight NowPrivilegeSolveBlockOur TimeExtrasIllegalSiteBetter PlacePlaying FieldsProvidersGreat VictoryService ProvidersLevel Playing Field Author:Tim Wu
“I think everyone should have a personal mission to leave the Earth a better place for them having lived in it and let Earth then take it from there.” ThinkingShouldEarthShould HaveMissionsBetter PlacePersonal Mission Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“In documentary films, being able to be a storytelling and embrace film as an art form - while being very clearly connected in trying to help make the world a better place - is really important to me.” WorldTryingArtImportantHelpingAbleFilmFormEmbraceConnectedStorytellingDocumentariesBetter PlaceDocumentary Films Author:James Redford
“What a designer does is he makes things possible that you didn't imagine could exist before, and it makes the world a better place. You know, it's a great thing to be doing. A fine artist does that, too, but they make the expression for themselves, not for others' use.” KnowsWorldDoeUseArtistImagineExpressionFineGreat ThingsDesignerBetter PlaceFine ArtsFine Artists Author:Paula Scher
“This generation I'm a member of, we're sort of infected by this idea that you had to make the world a better place.” WorldIdeasGenerationsMembersBetter PlaceThis Generation Author:Carol Ross Barney
“America has to make America become a better place for all Americans, and that`s all of us participating.” AmericaBetter PlaceParticipating Author:Al Sharpton
“The more we can put the camera in a better place, the more we can take the audience on a more extreme journey with that character.” CharacterAudienceJourneyCamerasExtremesBetter Place Author:Wade Eastwood
“I think one of things that Steve Jobs, in his own funny way, encouraged us to remember with those "Think different" posters of Gandhi and Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King was, "How do you make the world a better place?"” ThinkingWorldWayDifferentJobsRememberKingsParksBetter PlaceLutherPostersRosaThink Different Author:Alex Gibney
“I know Malcolm [Subban] and myself, we're a little bit older now, but we don't know everything. To get to where we have so far has been a great accomplishment but we're not even close to being satisfied. To be able to keep on getting better, progressing, and having success, you need help. What better place to get it than from your parents?” KnowsNeedsLittlesHas BeensHelpingAbleBitsParentProgressLittle BitSatisfiedGet BetterAccomplishmentBetter PlaceNeed HelpGreat Accomplishment Author:P. K. Subban
“Placing a halo around your own head by saying 'I am a pacifist' and 'I don't believe in using violent tactics' doesn't make the world a better place. It might make YOUR world better and YOU might feel better about YOURSELF, but it does NOTHING whatsoever for the victims.” WorldFeelsBelieveDoeMightVictimDon't BelieveViolentAbout YourselfFeel BetterBetter PlaceTacticsPacifistHalos Author:Gary Yourofsky
“Let your dog teach you how to get the most out of life! If we could all be more like our dogs when it comes to living in the moment, being honest and authentic, and learning how to not hold grudges, the entire planet would be a much better place.” IfsMomentsWould BeTeachHonestDogPlanetsBeing HonestLive In The MomentBetter PlaceGrudge Author:Cesar Millan
“My role is to remind people that everyday people can make a difference. And if we get people out there doing things to make America a better place, we can bring change.” PeopleIfsAmericaDifferencesRolesEverydayMaking A DifferenceBetter Place Author:Nina Turner
“America's security and prosperity didn't work unless other nations were also secure, and prosperous. There had to be something in it for them, so we weren't looking simply to grab territory, or widen our sphere of influence, or anything like that. We wanted to make the world a better place, and get very rich in the process.” WorldWantedAmericaNationsProcessRichInfluenceSecurityProsperitySecureTerritorySpheresBetter PlaceProsperousSphere Of Influence Author:Daniel Fried
“The people who are getting rich can't imagine that the world is not a better place.” PeopleWorldRichImagineImagine ThatBetter PlaceGet Rich Author:Arundhati Roy
“I've always believed the world would be a better place if more people everywhere have a chance to shape their own future and realize their full potential. I think that is what life is about.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWould BeLife IsRealizingChanceShapesBetter PlaceAlways BelieveFull Potential Author:Thomas Friedman
“Quebec's distinct character makes Canada an even better country, and vice versa: being in Canada makes Quebec a better place too.” CountryCharacterVicesCanadaBetter PlaceVice VersaQuebec Author:Philippe Couillard
“At the end of my life, I want to say that I made the world a better place because I raised good children, loved my wife, and empowered entrepreneurs. If I do these things, then I can rest knowing that I made the world a better place.” IfsWorldWantChildrenMadeI CanEndsKnowingWifeEntrepreneurRaisedMy WifeBetter PlaceEmpoweredChildren Love Author:Guy Kawasaki
“I like to hide behind my intellect. But the truth is, unless all of us start getting honest about what the reality is, things aren't going to change. If we all keep pretending that we know stuff and if everyone else would do what we knew and everything would be a better place, then nothing is going to change.” IfsKnowsRealityWould BeStuffBehindsHonestTruth IsIntellectPretendingBetter Place Author:Danny Boyle
“We have many dreams and many different chapters in life and I think life is about chapters. For me, from the time I was pretty young, I always thought that if I was lucky enough to achieve my dreams and if I had financial security, at a certain point in my life I wanted to give back. I wanted, just corny as it sounds, to try and make the world a better place.” IfsThinkingWorldGivingTryingDifferentEnoughDreamWantedYoungLife IsCertainSoundAchieveSecurityLuckyFinancialChaptersBetter PlaceGiving BackCornyFinancial Security Author:Sherry Lansing
“Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.” WorldShouldBelieveArtAbleHumanityI BelieveResponsibilityCreativityInfluenceMankindEffectsCreatingHumanitarianBetter PlaceCreativenessInspirational Art Author:Jeff Koons
“I certainly don't think I'm deserving of taking up space forever as a human. There's a whole generation of people yet to be born that are going to be so much more evolved than I am. I don't want to take up space. They're going to be better equipped to make the world a better place than I am.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantHumansWholeBornSpaceForeverGenerationsBetter PlaceDeserving Author:Ashton Kutcher
“Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift out of it, to take them away. That's what rock n' roll should do - take you to a better place.” ShouldUsedHellRocksFieldsSingingSlaveLiftsRock N RollBetter Place Author:Meat Loaf
“Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place.” FlowConstantImmigrationIslandsBritainBetter PlaceEbb And Flow Author:John Lydon
“My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.” WorldAmericaSocialProgressGenerationsBrotherExpectedMy BrotherBetter PlaceDaddyOur GenerationSocial Progress Author:Wynton Marsalis
“I feel like it's important to use this gift God gave me, my life and my career to do something to make the world a better place. It's an easy thing for me to do.” WorldFeelsImportantUseEasyCareersBetter PlaceEasy Things Author:Martina McBride
“Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.” WorldLiteratureGreaterReformFollyBetter PlaceMiscellaneous Author:Moliere