Quotes about Better Off

You're always better off if you quit smoking; it's never too late. Votes: 1

The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are. Votes: 1

If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we'd be a lot better off. Votes: 1

You are so much better off on your own than with the wrong person. Votes: 1

If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens. Votes: 1

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. Votes: 1

The Great Spirit will not make me suffer because I am ignorant. He will put me in a place where I shall be better off than in this world. Votes: 1

In every stump speech I give, I speak about the fact that people who dream and achieve enormous success do not make us poorer - they make us better off. Votes: 1

The sooner we get started with alternative energy sources and recognize that fossil fuels makes us less secure as a nation, and more dangerous as a planet, the better off we'll be. Votes: 1

Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life. Votes: 1

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me. Votes: 1

If people do not know what is going to make them better off or give them pleasure, then the idea that you can trust people to do what will give them pleasure becomes questionable. Votes: 1

I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them. Votes: 1

You don't tell people who disagree with you they'd be better off somewhere else. And you don't reduce them to stereotypes; you address them as fully formed people worthy of respect. You try to persuade them. Votes: 1

Experience has everywhere shown us, and especially in the Philippines, that the classes which are better off have always been addicted to peace and order because they live comparatively better and may be the losers in civil disturbances. Votes: 1

It's like a rugby team. If you're picking for the World Cup final, you're picking experience with youth. Everything is better off having that balance and that mix. I think that, especially, goes for the monarchy as well. Votes: 1

What we're putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state... for 60 years. I think it will have a transformative effect in making sure that everyone is better off in work and better off working rather than on benefits. Votes: 1

The U.N. is worse than disaster. The U.N. creates conflicts. Look at the disgraceful U.N. Human Rights Council: It transmits norms which are harmful, anti-liberty and anti-Semitic, among other things. The world would be better off in its absence. Votes: 1

I also eat fruit instead of drinking juices. That's something I've read up on. I think that if you drink a lot of fruit juice you take in way too much sugar. You'd be better off eating a bunch of strawberries or apples. Votes: 1

I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family, and I don't want them brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option - it isn't. Votes: 1

We know that we are often judged by the company we keep. We know how influential classmates, friends, and other peer groups can be. If any of our companions are prone to be unrighteous in their living, we are better off seeking new associations immediately. Votes: 1

I don't want any romantics to go into the military. I'm not a pacifist. I think we need a military, and the better one we have, the better off we are. I don't want kids going in there thinking that it's John Wayne on Iwo Jima. That's not healthy. Votes: 1

Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make. Votes: 1

I'm very open and honest, and I feel like it's important for women to hear that we're not perfect; none of us are perfect. And sometimes we aspire to have these ideas in our heads of what perfection is, and I probably would've been better off if I'd left myself alone. Votes: 1

Part of what is wrong with the view of American imperialism is that it is antithetical to our interests. We are better off when people are governing themselves. I'm sure there is some guy that will tell you that philosophy is no different from the Roman Empire's. Well, it is fundamentally different. Votes: 1

The more consistent a father can be or a mentor can be in the person's life and teach them principles of real solid manhood, character, integrity and leadership, the more consistent you can be in the person's life and teach them those things at a younger age, and then the better off they'll be. Votes: 1

He'd be better off shoveling snow. Votes: 0

Sometimes things are better off forgotten. Votes: 0

Laugh it off, Life gets better. Votes: 0

Stars are better off without us. Votes: 0

Whoa! I better lay off the peyote! Votes: 0

Society is better off without certain people. Votes: 0

Unquestionably, the world is better off without Saddam. Votes: 0

Society is better off with me in a gym. Votes: 0

Soviet people are better off materially and richer spiritually. Votes: 0

Are you better off with him or without him? Votes: 0

It's better to be pissed off than pissed on. Votes: 0

Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off. Votes: 0

You're generally better off sticking with what you know. Votes: 0

You are better off being homeless than being me. Votes: 0

We're all better off...when we're all better off. Votes: 0

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. Votes: 0

When we empower our communities, we are all better off. Votes: 0

You're a lot better off being scared than being bored. Votes: 0

The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be. Votes: 0

The more experienced you are, the better off you are. Votes: 0

Most investors would be better off in an index fund. Votes: 0

Never put off writing until you are better at it. Votes: 0

Food is much better off the hand than the fork. Votes: 0

Trust me on this: no one is better off alone. Votes: 0

America is not better off than it was $1.8 trillion dollars ago. Votes: 0

When you learn to love yourself, you're better off by far... Votes: 0

You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole. Votes: 0

I am young. I better show off what I have now. Votes: 0

Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want. Votes: 0

The faster you work, the better off you're going to be. Votes: 0

Are you better off now than you were four years ago? Votes: 0

If we [humans] disappeared overnight, the world would probably be better off. Votes: 0

You're better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup... Votes: 0

I think you translate emotion better when you take your hands off. Votes: 0

The sooner we learn feelings are fickle, the better off we are. Votes: 0

some things are better off back in the past. Where they belong. Votes: 0

There are memories I a better off without. Things better lost forever. Votes: 0

Life's for the living, so live it, or you're better off dead. Votes: 0

He loved her enough to know she was better off without him Votes: 0

If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better. Votes: 0

Every room that you walk into is better off that you're there. Votes: 0

People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single. Votes: 0

Sometimes you have to get off track to discover a better track Votes: 0

We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made. Votes: 0

You'll feel better when you get all that debt off your back. Votes: 0

The more we can encourage participation, I think the better off we are. Votes: 0

The Republicans may be better off without an agenda. They don't scare people. Votes: 0

If you have to ask for their attention, you're better off without it. Votes: 0

If you have to ask for their attention, you're better off without it. Votes: 0

the heart of the backlash argument: women are better off 'protected' than equal. Votes: 0

You're better off not preparing, because what you prepare will always be wrong. Votes: 0

With this ranking system, the more you play, the better off you are. Votes: 0

This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it. Votes: 0

The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you're just boring. Votes: 0

Whenever you're pissed off, just remember that it's better than being pissed on. Votes: 0

Which is better off, a lizard basking in the sun or a philosopher? Votes: 0

This so-called fame or being better off doesn't really attract me at all. Votes: 0

One who believes all of a book would be better off without books Votes: 0

He said, I'm better off without her, until I showed him my tattoo. Votes: 0

I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around. Votes: 0

Showing off is what you do when your are simply better than everybody else. Votes: 0

You can take off your hats now, gentlemen, and I think perhaps you'd better. Votes: 0

You can survive without a label... matter a fact, you're better off without one! Votes: 0

There's nothing like the first horseback ride to make a person feel better off. Votes: 0

A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived. Votes: 0

I just happen to think people are better off doing something they actually like. Votes: 0

A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan! Votes: 0

We'd be better off if we only had the words 'I love you.' Votes: 0

If you have to ask for their attention, then you're better off without it. Votes: 0

Maybe some people are better off in obscurity than trying to keep on expanding. Votes: 0

The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you'll be. Votes: 0

Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read. Votes: 0

You're much better off as a love goddess to die around the age of 40. Votes: 0

If you don't want to be a teacher, you'd better get off this planet. Votes: 0

Talk faith. The world is better off without, Your uttered ignorance and morbid doubt. Votes: 0

We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other. Votes: 0

The fool who traveled is better off than the wise man who stayed home. Votes: 0

Maybe I'd just figured out there were some things you were better off not knowing Votes: 0

Better good afarre off, then evill at hand. [Better good afar than evil at hand.] Votes: 0

You would be better off in exile than priding yourself on be like everyone else. Votes: 0

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse. Votes: 0

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working. Votes: 0

Free enterprise cannot only make us better off financially, it can make us better people. Votes: 0

The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off. Votes: 0

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse. Votes: 0

If you treat animals how you want to be treated, you're a lot better off. Votes: 0

Ask Osama bin Laden if he's better off now than he was four years ago. Votes: 0

The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. Votes: 0

If you can eliminate the government as a 39.6% partner, then you will be much better off. Votes: 0

Even if your heart is broken and attacking you, you're still not better off without it. Votes: 0

If you enjoy books with happy endings than you are better off reading some other book. Votes: 0

Saddam Hussein was a unique threat. And the world is better off without him in power. Votes: 0

The sooner you learn it's on you to make life interesting, the better off you'll be. Votes: 0

It's always better to step down from the pedestal than to be pulled off of it. Votes: 0

I've learned that usually, the less I know about other people, the better off I am. Votes: 0

True statement: Live it, love it, leave the wold better off than when you got here. Votes: 0

When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast. Votes: 0

I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others Votes: 0

Never ask an elf for help; they might decide your better off dead, eh?" (Orik) (Eldest) (Page 207) Votes: 0

Never go into business purely to make money. If that's the motive you're better off doing nothing. Votes: 0

Obama isn't good off the cuff, especially when challenged; he is far better with a prepared speech. Votes: 0

You would be better off having nobody than the wrong somebody. (On marrying for the wrong reasons.) Votes: 0

Listen, sometimes when you finally find out, you realize that you were much better off not knowing. Votes: 0

It's better to go slowly in the right direction than go speeding off in the wrong direction. Votes: 0

Each generation of pilots hopes that they will leave their profession better off than they found it. Votes: 0

...dreams were dreams and reality was reality and she felt people were better off understanding the difference. Votes: 0

When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off." Votes: 0

If you've got $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, you're better off paying off any debt you have because that's a guaranteed return. Votes: 0

Start looking around you... and all you see are people the world would be better off without. Votes: 0

An actor shouldn't undergo psychoanalysis, because there are a lot of things you're better off not knowing. Votes: 0

When we know as much about people as hog specialists know about hogs, we'll be better off. Votes: 0

I was beginning to agree with the thesis that some truths were better off dead.And buried. Votes: 0

If A were not allowed his better position, B would be even worse off than he is. Votes: 0

There wasn't a better teacher or mentor out there than Reggie White, on or off the field. Votes: 0

The more of us that feel the universe, the better off we will be in this world. Votes: 0

When we know as much about people as hog specialists know about hogs, we'll be better off. Votes: 0

The bigger the game the better. I'm an adrenaline junkie. I feed off big crowds and noise. Votes: 0

I think that the richer and deeper documentation is on the web, the better off we all are. Votes: 0

You're almost always better off keeping your mouth shut, but don't let that stop you from popping off. Votes: 0

Pursue something so important that even if you fail, the world is better off with you having tried. Votes: 0

Cats are people, and the sooner the world accepts that fact, the better off the world will be. Votes: 0

I think some of those guys might actually be better off if they had more wussy in them. Votes: 0

I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off. Votes: 0

It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy. Votes: 0

Flea brain, got a hole in her head. If she wasn't good looking, she'd be better off dead. Votes: 0

To divest one's self of some prejudices would be like taking off the skin to feel the better. Votes: 0

You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker. Votes: 0

Take your mind off yourself. Focus on what you are doing and how you can do it better. Votes: 0

The world is my oyster. The road is my home. And I know that I'm better off Alone. Votes: 0

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that Votes: 0

I'm much better off the tee. I'm not a great putter. I do not have a good short game. Votes: 0

I know that you're better off making your own products, not just waiting for someone to hand you something. Votes: 0

When people talk of the economy being strong, they don't seem to feel that they, too, are better off. Votes: 0

If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner. Votes: 0

If you cannot have fun on a set and enjoy what you're doing, you're better off giving it up. Votes: 0

Double - no, triple - our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth. Votes: 0

GIVE YOUR BRAIN AS MUCH ATTENTION AS YOU DO YOUR HAIR AND YOU'LL BE A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER OFF. Votes: 0

All companies would be better off if they stopped trying to be amazing and just focused on being useful. Votes: 0

Anyone that dares begrudge what I have today, just better get off their duff and do something about it. Votes: 0

The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is 'How do I leave my children better off than myself? Votes: 0

Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance. Votes: 0

You're much better off creating positive rewards, complimenting people for acting correctly, rather than punishing them when they act incorrectly. Votes: 0

The roof was torn off the gym. God's way of telling the jocks that they'd better remember who's really charge. Votes: 0

Older people do a better job of managing their impulses, and so they're better able to put off putting off. Votes: 0

What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less. Votes: 0

Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map. Votes: 0

Education must be a lifelong pursuit. The person who doesn't read is not better off than the person who can't. Votes: 0

One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them. Votes: 0

I love England but everything that has happened makes me realise that I would be better off in the States. Votes: 0

The person with just one good idea is a thousand times better off than the person with no good ideas. Votes: 0

The world would be better off with multiple superpowers. When Communist USSR was a superpower, the world was better off. Votes: 0

Sometimes I think we'd all be better off if the people who mean well would just creep away and die. Votes: 0

Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored. Votes: 0

Next time you think of me like that , say my name when you come. It'll get you off even better. Votes: 0

Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. But it's better if you do. Votes: 0

Having a studio at home is like having a gym at home - sometimes you're just better off going out. Votes: 0

I learned that nobody's better than you to get your business off the ground. The experience you get is priceless. Votes: 0

Lots of hurtful secrets are better off kept. The problem is that people find it so hard to keep them. Votes: 0

Business runs hot and cold so the more you're in charge of your own destiny, the better off you are. Votes: 0

I'm good, I don't need no help. Cause I'm better off by myself then to start over with somebody else. Votes: 0

My husband has spent more time with our children than I have. I don't think they're better or worse off. Votes: 0

If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff? Votes: 0

I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't. Votes: 0

If people let other people alone, people would be better off. It's always people that screw things up for people anyway. Votes: 0

As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation. Votes: 0

Every time a woman leaves off something she looks better, but every time a man leaves off something he looks worse. Votes: 0

Our food system takes abundant grain,which people can't afford,and shrinks it into meat,which better-off people will pay for. Votes: 0

There was no better path to autonomy for an ambitious young businesswoman than to be married off to a respectable corpse. Votes: 0

We need to ask whether, in the long term, some individuals with a history of psychosis may do better off medication. Votes: 0

What ticks you off enough to get involved in efforts to better the lot of women? What motivates you to action? Votes: 0

Life is too precious to waste it with the wrong person. You're better off alone until the right one comes along. Votes: 0

I don't know. I'd be a lot better off if I would've studied more when I was growing up, you know? Votes: 0

If you fall off track and scarf down an unhealthy meal, that's fine. Eat better the next meal-not the next day. Votes: 0

If your mind is truly, profoundly stuck, then it might be much better off than when it was loaded with ideas Votes: 0

Market society is a game where you win by making sure other people are better off with you than without you. Votes: 0

Those who lapse from the Gospel to the Law are no better off than those who lapse from grace to idolatry. Votes: 0

I want Japan to think and say that we are better off for JPMorgan having been here through thick and thin. Votes: 0

Let me tell you, there's no better medicine than a friendly card game for sloughing off the cares of a workaday world. Votes: 0

A writer without a sense of justice or injustice would be better off editing the yearbook for a school for exceptional children. Votes: 0

Everyone's got different views. I think you're better off staying within the party and prosecuting those views than stepping out of it. Votes: 0

I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you. Votes: 0

Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You will be better off. Then they will leave. You'll miss them forever. Votes: 0

We're better off. But I don't know if the world's better off. I don't know if the two are the same thing. Votes: 0

California's economy is declining so rapidly that candidates are asking 'Are you better off now then you were four minutes ago?' Votes: 0

Man did not enter society to be worse off, or to have fewer rights, but rather to have those rights better secured Votes: 0

My skin burns where it meets his. It feels better than good, but it sets off a strange aching in my chest. Votes: 0

Pickup lines are a major turn-off, they don't work on me and I tune them out. It's better to just be honest. Votes: 0

I am better off with vegetables at the bottom of my garden than with all the fairies of the Midsummer Night's Dream. Votes: 0

I find the less you focus on your flaws, the better off you are. Be yourself and be glad of who you are. Votes: 0

Every good day starts off with a cappuccino, and there's no place better to enjoy some frothy caffeine than at the Bulgari Hotel. Votes: 0

If you stimulate the economy by means of a tax cut, the people that you tend to be benefiting are the better off. Votes: 0

I'm a fucking coward.Maybe. Craw jerked his thumb over his shoulder at Whirrun's corpse. There's a hero. Tell me who's better off. Votes: 0

Take your dreams off the ground to the clouds of business where your products will contribute to make the world a better place. Votes: 0

I have always looked on my businesses not just as money-making machines, but as adventures that can, I hope, make people better off. Votes: 0

And you, Kibbles, had better lay off me. One more growl and I swear I'm going to geld you with a spoon. (Zarek) Votes: 0

Last night when I was commenting on the FBI and the CIA, the sound went off for 27 minutes. I should have known better. Votes: 0

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation. Votes: 0

At the end of the day, I think the more online educators there are, I think the better off the whole world is. Votes: 0

Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day. Votes: 0

Culture carries no privilege to exist. Cultures do not have value simply because they are. Some cultures, the world is better off without. Votes: 0

What better way to head off more oil drilling, nuclear plants, than by blowing up a rig? I'm just noting the timing, here. Votes: 0

You're better off missing a bus or an airplane once in a while than you are getting there too early all the time. Votes: 0

I don't want to permanently damage myself! On the other hand, a couple of days off the keyboard tends to make things somewhat better. Votes: 0

I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off. Votes: 0

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is trying to marginalize the peace movement. Votes: 0

There are cases when I can make myself better off by restricting my future choices and commit myself to a specific course of action. Votes: 0

Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court. Votes: 0

Donald Trump really believes that the more you help wealthy people, the better off we'll be and that everything will work out from there. Votes: 0

We would be better off thinking of nature as a tiger than as a docile and compliant automaton that can never threaten our survival. Votes: 0

I've had countless reviews sort that have made me cry. It's funny, it doesn't ever get better either; you can't turn your ears off. Votes: 0

Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too. Votes: 0

Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle. Votes: 0

When you kill someone by chopping off their head, rolling 'em up in a carpet and burning it, you'd better make sure they're dead! Votes: 0

The latter-day robber barons are discovering that better conditions and rewards for workers pay off in a world where consumers increasingly demand ethical standards. Votes: 0

When you're younger, you ride with 90% physical and 10% mental. But if you could learn how to use 90% mental and 10% physical you'd be better off. Votes: 0

Tears are a river that takes you somewhere…Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off dry ground, carrying it downriver to someplace better. Votes: 0

I think if women put some more of the time and money they put on their heads in their heads, they'd be better off. Votes: 0

We refuse to dismiss the experts, we listen to them ... they all agree that Britain is better off in, you are better off in. Votes: 0

A book in a man's brain is better off than a book bound in calf - at any rate it is safer from criticism. Votes: 0

Rather than strive to 'lose weight,' most people would be better off striving to lose only fat and to build or maintain muscle. Votes: 0

My dad's dying wish was to have his family around him. I can't help thinking he would have been better off with more oxygen. Votes: 0

I just want people to get off the back burner of their life and start to take better care of themselves and their children. Votes: 0

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon. Votes: 0

The better your base is, and the more you know from experience, the better off you'll be when you try and make the big move. Votes: 0

Passion looks not beyond the moment of its existence. Better, it says, the kisses of love to day, than the felicities of heaven afar off. Votes: 0

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that! Votes: 0

I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better. Votes: 0

There's no better way to mess up a good cowdog than to let him discover that goofing off beats the heck out of hard work. Votes: 0

I could have signed for Newcastle when I was 17, but I decided I would be better off at Carlisle. I'd had a drink that night. Votes: 0

If you’d just center your thoughts and affections upon the Lord, you’d be better off accidentally than you’ve ever been on purpose! Votes: 0

Freedom has its dangers as well as its joys. And the sooner we learn to get up after a fall, the better off we'll be. Votes: 0

The world would become better off If people tried to become better. And people would become better If they stopped trying to become better off. Votes: 0

The only thing better than "hands-on" experience is hands-off experience - enough experience to understand that some things will turn out better if left alone. Votes: 0

You're much better off to buy fresh fish from a market as opposed to buying something that's been frozen and processed and covered in breadcrumbs. Votes: 0

My penis is looooooong. Wait, I think I left off an O. Probably better that way, so I can use it as my middle initial. Votes: 0

Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago? If not, things will not improve by themselves. Votes: 0

The unmulched garden looks to me like some naked thing which for one reason or another would be better off with a few clothes on. Votes: 0

There can be very powerful releases of energy that can catch you off guard until you have a better sense of what you are doing. Votes: 0

There definitely was a time when I was pretty obsessed with my weight, but I'm better off not stressing about my body all the time. Votes: 0

If you want to kill someone, you'd better pull off a perfect crime. Our security lies in the fact that that's damnably hard to do. Votes: 0

There is no better day than today to do the things you've been putting off. Take action; it's the only way to change your life! Votes: 0

The less one, as a result of objective or subjective conditions, has to come into contact with people, the better off one is for it. Votes: 0

The rich people are doing well but regular people suffer. We'll all be better off when we realize that we're part of one big family. Votes: 0

There can be very powerful releases of energy that can catch you off guard until you have a better sense of what you are doing. Votes: 0

Men may have wars, but women have their period. Men go off and kill each other, but women say nasty things, which is even better. Votes: 0

Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older. Votes: 0

To sell well is to convince someone else to part with resources—not to deprive that person, but to leave him better off in the end. Votes: 0

We justify the inequalities by saying some people are just better and smarter than others and the strong should survive and the poor can die off. Votes: 0

I'm getting better at avoiding this, but when something sets me off, I tend to punch first and then find out who I actually his later. Votes: 0

It's the interviewee's job to know that his privacy is going to be invaded on some level. Otherwise, you are better off not doing the interview. Votes: 0

I think a lot of people would be better off in America, where at least you would find some radio station somewhere that would play you. Votes: 0

I miss the closet. Homosexuals, not to speak of the rest of society, were far better off when social pressure forced them to hide their activities. Votes: 0

Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico? Votes: 0

If you had all the world's information directly attached to your brain, or an artificial brain that was smarter than your brain, you'd be better off. Votes: 0

Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication. Votes: 0

The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of Christ, which passes knowledge? Votes: 0

Kids are incredibly expensive. But it pays off later when they are better educated, bigger, and better-looking than you. And find you incessantly boring and uncool. Votes: 0

Innocence ain't all it's cracked up to be, you know. Innocent little kids rip the wings off flies, because they don't know any better. That's innocence Votes: 0

Nine holes of golf will take you one-and-a-half, two hours. I run in 20 minutes, I feel better off. So the cost benefit made me drop golf. Votes: 0

You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off dead Votes: 0

Donald Trump said he doesn't care about Paul Ryan's support, he doesn't want Paul Ryan's support, that he might be better off without Paul Ryan's support. Votes: 0

When I walk off the field exhausted, drenched in sweat, knowing I pushed myself to the physical, mental, and emotional limits, there is no better feeling. Votes: 0

Trump is a little tone-deaf to the average American. He unveiled his slogan this week: 'Are you better off than you were four wives ago?' Votes: 0

Building a road might create temporary jobs, but does it really create wealth if it doesn't also shorten commute times or otherwise make society better off? Votes: 0

Children are wonderful, but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better off we all will be. Votes: 0

People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living. Votes: 0

If some of the recovery money had gone to cities instead of states, the urban population, read "Black" and "Brown," would be better off with recovery jobs. Votes: 0

The longer incompetent people delay in doing what they`re doing, we`re always better off whenever incompetent people are delaying what they`re going to do. Votes: 0

The actor must be full of passion. If he's too cool he's better off as the manager of a company, not someone who appears on the stage. Votes: 0

I feel better all day if I start off by eating healthy. Breakfast is simple: multigrain toast with natural peanut butter, oatmeal, yogurt, fruit, or healthy cereal. Votes: 0

Children are wonderful but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better off we all will be. Votes: 0

If y'can't see with yore own two eyes what's in front of them, then y'better off closin' 'em an' goin' t'sleep, 'tis far more restful! —Gerul Votes: 0

If a negative viewer looks at you with an ugly fiendish eye, find a way and pluck off his eyes, or better still, protect your good image. Votes: 0

There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit. Votes: 0

I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school. Votes: 0

I'm sorry, Cullen. I really am. I know this sucks. But you're better off anyway. And you'll be fine. You needed me. Now someone else needs me. Votes: 0

My wife and I take what we call our Friday comedy day off. We watch standup comics on TV. The raunchier the better. We love Eddie Izzard. Votes: 0

And there's no sex, hardly any love stuff at all, in Middle Earth, which always made me think, yes, the world would be better off without it. Votes: 0

don't stop to think of the words when you do stop, just stop to think of the picture better-and let your mind off yourself in this work. Votes: 0

Ironically, in the full-fledged transfer society, where governments busy themselves redistributing income by means of hundreds of distinct programs, hardly anyone is better off as a result. Votes: 0

Most of us have enough excuses to last a lifetime. The sooner we let go of them and get on with living, the better off we are. Votes: 0

However much we might deplore the profit motive, or consumerist values, if everyone just wants i-Pods we would probably be better off than if they wanted class revolution. Votes: 0

I think we can lower our emissions. I think the world will be better off if we did that, and we can do it without cap and trade. Votes: 0

China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power. Votes: 0

It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well. Votes: 0

Society might have been better off without them, but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged, and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society. Votes: 0

They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now before I popped off. Votes: 0

I live in New York simply because I don't know any better. I moved there when the show went off the air a couple of years after that. Votes: 0

Any relationships that would reject you for being true to yourself are - by definition - abusive relationships. You'll be much better off when you let them go. Votes: 0

We should pass a flex time law that allows employees to take their overtime pay in money or in time off, depending on what's better for their family. Votes: 0

I think I play center field better than I do anywhere else. I have enough speed and enough reaction to know where the ball goes off the bat. Votes: 0

I feel better off doing what I know how to do. I feel a strong element of fictional style in travel writing anyway. Some call it creative nonfiction. Votes: 0

This world is a vaporous jest at best, Tossed off by the gods in laughter, And a cruel attempt at wit were it, If nothing better came after. Votes: 0

Just enough sense to stick with something-a chore, task, project, until its completed pays off much better than idle intelligence, even if idle intelligence be of genius caliber. Votes: 0

When we get government off the backs of our job creators, small businesses have a better chance of thriving. And when small businesses thrive, so does our economy. Votes: 0

If a big wave came at the wrong moment, it would sweep me off into forty-eight-degree water, where I might last twenty minutes. Drowning quickly might be better. Votes: 0

People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it. Votes: 0

I am an on-and-off vegetarian. Sometimes on, mostly off. I think it is better to be a vegetarian but occasionally, the call of the hot dog overpowers my ethics. Votes: 0

When you're supposed to be close and friends in the film, the moment you're talking as friends off the set, it makes it that much better when you're filming. Votes: 0

An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on which to draw the characters he plays. Votes: 0

We are all created by the Almighty and like Him, I love all of humanity. We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other. Votes: 0

Most fishing rods work better if you grasp them at the thick end. If you grasp a fisherman at the thick end, you may get a thumb bit off. Votes: 0

President Bush says he has just one question for the American voters, 'Is the rich person you're working for better off now than they were four years ago?' Votes: 0

In the developed world, technological progress means that you can have a situation where there's growth, where there's a way in which everybody can be better off over time. Votes: 0

A lot of times I make people better by getting stupid, distracting, bureaucratic stuff off their desk. That's an incredibly easy way to make a senior person more productive. Votes: 0

I am not against Muslim schools. But as I believe in integration, I think we would be better off overall if we did not have denominational schools at all. Votes: 0

We right now give $15 billion every year as subsidies to private insurers under the Medicare system. Doesn't work any better through the private insurers. They just skim off $15 billion. Votes: 0

Adults tell students that it gets better, that the world changes after school, that being 'different' will pay off sometime after graduation. But no one explains to them why. Votes: 0

I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision. Votes: 0

The total station economy is about $800 million dollars a year, and about $90 million comes from the government. In the long run, we would be better off without federal funding. Votes: 0

No matter how well prepared you are in life, you're gonna fall down a hole, and if you can fix the frayed ends of things, then you're better off. Votes: 0

We might have been better off if the question of Obama's patriotism had been raised before he was first elected. Never should we ignore so many red flag warnings again. Votes: 0

I think that the millions and millions of young Americans, young Americans, who have health care today, who wouldn't have had it if the president hadn't acted are better off. Votes: 0

It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he is better off than others. Votes: 0

If the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms insists upon a firefight, give them a firefight. Just remember, they're wearing flak jackets and you're better off shooting for the head. Votes: 0

I've never really lived with somebody. Only for very brief periods. I learned I'm not a good roommate. I'm better off when we visit each other. I like the mystery. Votes: 0

We need to have a culture that says 'the less energy you can use to be comfortable, the better off you are and the better you should feel about yourself'. Votes: 0

The more that happens that makes sure liberals and liberalism remain a minority, the better off the world is gonna be and the better off this country is gonna be. Votes: 0

It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein. Votes: 0

When you go through a loss, a disappointment or a bad break up, don't expect to come out the same. Expect to come out better off than you were before. Votes: 0

Even as I think of myself as a 'rememberer,' I also know my memory is probably doing all this work to reconstruct a narrative where I come off better. Votes: 0

I feel like the human body is what it is, and the more you make yourself comfortable with it, the better off you are. Love your body and embrace that. Votes: 0

These people are trying to shake the will of the Iraqi citizens, and they want us to leave...I think the world would be better off if we did leave... Votes: 0

The more that happens that makes sure liberals and liberalism remain a minority, the better off the world is gonna be and the better off this country is gonna be. Votes: 0

No American is ever made better off by pulling a fellow American down, and all of us are made better off whenever any one of us is made better off. Votes: 0

Leave it to you, Bella. Anyone else would be better off when the vampires left town. But you have to start hanging out with the first monsters you can find. Votes: 0

I always say believe for a bunch, and even if you only get half of it you are better off than believing for a little and getting all of it. Votes: 0

A lot of people just think that that's unreasonable or preposterous. But you know, if everybody chose to do it God's way, the world would be a lot better off. Votes: 0

In general, I've been treated well by reviews, and there are times when I haven't. The truth is that I've come to feel like I'm better off without reading them. Votes: 0

And the worst part is before it gets any better we're heading for a cliff. And in the free fall I will realize I'm better off when I hit the bottom Votes: 0

These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off, and security, on top of working fewer hours. They can thrive even in a down economy. Votes: 0

I was pleased to see that Chief Justice [John] Roberts refused to prejudge issues or make promises in exchange for confirmation votes. We're all better off because of his principled stand. Votes: 0

I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born. Votes: 0

Most leaders would agree that they'd be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand. Votes: 0

Society has definitely gotten to the point where everybody has to comment on anything, and if you want to stay sane as a performer, you're better off not reading that stuff. Votes: 0

Americans are better off in a dynamic, free-enterprise-based economy that fosters economic growth, opportunity and upward mobility instead of a stagnant, government-directed economy that stifles job creation and fosters government dependency. Votes: 0

And wouldn't we be better off if every New Year's, we thought about the things we did right and we resolved to keep doing them, no matter how wacky they were. Votes: 0

He once told me, Instead of scoring thirty goals a season, why don't you score twenty-five and help someone else to score fifteen? That way the team's ten goals better off. Votes: 0

I am better off doing as abnegation taught me: turning away from myself, projecting always outward, and hoping that in whatever is next, I will be better than I am now. Votes: 0

Move fast, take risks, it's okay to try big things you're better off trying something and having it not work and learning from that than having not done anything at all. Votes: 0

You would think that when someone accepts a position with a company, they would assume that their life will be better off because they have that job rather than a different one. Votes: 0

Sinatra's idea of paradise is a place where there are plenty of women and no newspapermen. He doesn't know it, but he'd be better off if it were the other way around. Votes: 0

Those who don't read the newspapers are better off than those who do insofar as those who know nothing are better off than those whose heads are filled with half-truths and lies. Votes: 0

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body. Votes: 0

One's better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one's own. In fact it's a terrible business and the task is a hard one. Votes: 0

The most important thing of all is my parents were able to leave all four of their children better off than themselves. That story has a name, it's called the American dream. Votes: 0

Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together. Votes: 0

Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would. Votes: 0

You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't wanna wander from the stable at night. Votes: 0

Unless you have multiple accounts that you need to negotiate and you think the project is just too big to tackle on your own, you're better off just calling your creditors directly. Votes: 0

The sooner we all learn to make a decision between disapproval and censorship, the better off society will be... Censorship cannot get at the real evil, and it is an evil in itself. Votes: 0

Twisted and perverse are the ways of the human mind," Jane intoned. "Pinocchio was such a dolt to try to become a real boy. He was much better off with a wooden head. Votes: 0

War is like any other bad relationship. Of course you want out, but at what price? And perhaps more importantly, once you get out, will you be any better off?" - Quellcrist Falconer Votes: 0

The sooner we all learn to make a decision between disapproval and censorship, the better off society will be....Censorship cannot get at the real evil, and it is an evil in itself. Votes: 0

When you don't know how to pick up a brush, you don't know anything; at that moment you're an artist. I'll simply say, 'If you know less, you're better off as an artist. Votes: 0

Love's more than holding hands and going to dances. It's two people who struggle to live, even when they should maybe both be dead. When one of them would be better off dead. Votes: 0

The [Donald] Trump transition team is already functioning as the worst transition team we have ever seen. And the good news is the slower they do their work, the better off we are. Votes: 0

News in general doesn't matter most of the time, and most people would be far better off if they spent their time consuming less news and more ideas that have more lasting import. Votes: 0

Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American, and the more panicked talk we hear from people like him... the better off we all are. Votes: 0

I guess if you're not going to win the championship, you're better off taking the opportunity to win a Brickyard or a Daytona 500 than you are to make the Chase and then fizzle out. Votes: 0

Are you better off than you were four years ago? One of my favorite quotes Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores ... Is there more or less unemployment? Votes: 0

The more everybody knows about all aspects of the problems we face, the better off all of us will be. Less time spent explaining things means more time for coming up with creative solutions. Votes: 0

I don't rely on anybody except my own judgment. I don't get much input. I don't know if that's helped me or if I would be better off if I did rely on someone. Votes: 0

It is a mere futile process to exchange one set of commodities for another, if the parties; after this new distribution of goods has taken place, are not better off than they were before. Votes: 0

I'm glad I don't have a lot of money in the market. And quite frankly, you'd be better off giving your money to a colorblind roulette addict than put it in the stock market. Votes: 0

I don't believe that Citizen Kane or Gone With the Wind, or any damn picture that you can name, would be better off in 3D. I think it's a gimmick. I find 3D distracting. Votes: 0

North Korea has nukes. Japan has a problem with that. I mean, they have a big problem with that. Maybe they would in fact be better off if they defend themselves from North Korea. Votes: 0

Even the suicide desires his own good: he wrongly imagines that he would be better off dead. The moral problem is not that we love ourselves but that we love ourselves the wrong way. Votes: 0

A name? Oh, Jesus Christ. Ah, God, I've been called by a million names all my life. I don't want a name. I'm better off with a grunt or a groan for a name. Votes: 0

For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new. Votes: 0

If those sorts of moments would be the only pleasure life offered me, I'd be better off shutting out that one brilliant source of light to let my eyes begin to adjust to the darkness. Votes: 0

I think that the more people who speak out, and say things and take stands on positions that will better our community, the better off each and every other individual artist or otherwise, will be. Votes: 0

Captain Jack: Rose, you are worth fighting for. [Jack kisses Rose passionately] Captain Jack: Wish I'd never met you, Doctor, I was much better off as a coward. [Jack kisses the Doctor the same way] Votes: 0

And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there. Votes: 0

If you faced a long hungry period with nothing between you and starvation but a bit of barley and a pig, you'd be better off turning the barley into beer and letting the pig starve. Votes: 0