Better Word Quotes
36 quotes by 32 authors
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And for me anyway, consciousness is three components: a personal component which for lack of a better word we can call the soul. A collective…
— Deepak Chopra
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Every now and then, I'll meet an escapee, someone who has broken free of self-centeredness and lit out for the territory of compassion. You've met…
— Marc Ian Barasch
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Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary…
— Michael Douglas
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You're dealing in magic-it's this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not be a good idea. Because,…
— Tom Petty
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Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
— Michael Douglas
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I like real art. It's difficult to define 'real' but it is the best word for describing what I like to get out of art…
— Frank Stella
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Greed-for lack of a better word-is good. Greed is right. Greed works.
— Oliver Stone
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How has The Grand Illusion held up over the years? It is not enough to say that it has retained its power. Not only has…
— Andre Bazin
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Perhaps the better word is emotional yes, I am an emotional man
— Gyorgy Ligeti
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For lack of a better word, acting is therapeutic. You really are breaking down barriers, exorcising demons and finding more out about yourself.
— Charlie Bewley
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But, in fact, materialism is among the most problematic of philosophical standpoints, the most impoverished in its explanatory range, and among the most willful and…
— David Bentley Hart
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The films that I really enjoy now are films that are made by, for wont of a better word, mavericks.
— Peter Mullan
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When God would make His name known to mankind, He could find no better word than "I AM." "I am that I am," says God,…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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I like - there's a better word for it, but I like the danger that a comic brings to a role. It has a feeling,…
— Todd Phillips
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The universe can best be pictured as consisting of pure thought, the thought of what for want of a better word we must describe as…
— James Jeans
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The more deeply I search for the roots of the global environmental crisis, the more I am convinced that it is an outer manifestation of…
— Al Gore
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Your passion must be tempered with patience. Maybe long-suffering patience would be a better word.
— Jack White
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I pissed off Greeks, particularly in my family, for years to come, because I popularized the word "malaka," which hitherto had not been known outside…
— John Kapelos
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My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of…
— Teri Garr
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I have more contact with people who consume, for lack of a better word, my product than any other performers.
— Penn Jillette
Who Wrote These Better Word Quotes
32 authors contributed a total of 36 Better Word Quotes, led by these top contributors: