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New Quotes

On fresh starts, new cities and beginning again.

Many of the quotes here trace what's new: a new city, a new circle of people, a new chapter after school. Several reflect specifically on relocating and adjusting to a very different pace of life. For more on that theme, see our City quotes.

I was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, but I live in New York City.

Quotes by Topaz Page-Green

New Yorkers are jaded.

Quotes by Topaz Page-Green

Sometimes I get mad when I think that I only have maybe 40 or 50 more springs in New York. When I miss one, 'cause I'm on location for a film, I wanna go, 'That's it, that just cost me...

Quotes by Topher Grace

I feel like doing my makeup before a race is part of my uniform. I always come out with a hair scarf or a headband, and I try to wear a new one for each race.

Quotes by Tori Bowie

I worked in the theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts for years and moved to New York and then to Los Angeles.

Quotes by Tony Shalhoub

Yes, I would like to be involved in something that would hopefully be a blockbuster, but I'm interested in seeing new filmmakers telling new stories and to able to help them do that.

Quotes by Tony Todd

One of the things that motion capture and/or voice acting does is allow you to continue your career, change it, or bring a new aspect to it.

Quotes by Tony Todd

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

Quotes by Tony Robbins

Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

Quotes by Tony Robbins

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

Quotes by Tony Robbins

Ancient barrows get cleared away. Legislation is pretty much 19th century. Global warming means there is an awful lot of erosion, exposing new archaeology, there is not the funding around to deal with it.

Quotes by Tony Robinson

New York is home. It's so unique that there is no other place like it.

Quotes by Tony Rock

Around New York, I used to hear that expression, 'Once a Dodger, always a Dodger.' But how about, 'Once a Yankee, always a Yankee?' There never was anything better than that. You never get over it.

Quotes by Tony Lazzeri

From my time in 'King Crimson,' I'd describe a Progressive band as one that keeps trying to break musical barriers, and keeps trying to do new music.

Quotes by Tony Levin

I love New York. I love to come here, to play here, the tradition here. I'll never forget my first home run here was over Mickey Mantle's head.

Quotes by Tony Oliva

In ramp skating, there's this guy Alex Perelson who's really coming into his own and doing some amazing new stuff we haven't seen before. Just different types of spin.

Quotes by Tony Hawk

I started work on my first French history book in 1969; on 'Socialism in Provence' in 1974; and on the essays in Marxism and the French Left in 1978. Conversely, my first non-academic publication, a review in the 'TLS', did...

Quotes by Tony Judt

I'm regarded outside New York University as a looney tunes leftie, self-hating Jewish communist; inside the university, I'm regarded as a typical, old-fashioned, white male liberal elitist. I like that. I'm on the edge of both; it makes me feel...

Quotes by Tony Judt

I was born accidentally. I lived accidentally in London. We nearly migrated to New Zealand. So much of my life has been a product of chance, I can't see a meaning in it at all.

Quotes by Tony Judt

I know AEW will be welcomed by wrestling fans here in the U.S. and throughout the world who are ready for something new and authentic. AEW will work hard to deliver on that promise.

Quotes by Tony Khan

Frequently Asked Questions

What ties these quotes together under "New"?
Most reference New York specifically - growing up in the Bronx, moving back to the city after college, and comparing Berkeley to "Paris or the south of France or New York." For more quotes about places and cities, see Like quotes.
Is there a quote here about loving a city?
Yes: "I liked Berkeley tremendously, Berkeley was a very leftist campus. I came to love that city as much as I love Paris or the south of France or New York." For more quotes on cities, see City.
Does this page include reflections on moving somewhere new?
Yes, one quote describes returning to New York after college "where I didn't really know that many people," and feeling that the world felt "very atomized" - a reflection on starting over in an unfamiliar place.
Is there anything here about personal background or upbringing?
Yes, one quote traces a New York upbringing directly: "I've been a law-abiding citizen ever since I grew up in the Bronx, New York." For more first-person reflections, browse Me quotes.
Where can I find more quotes about affection for a place?
The Berkeley/Paris comparison quote on this page touches on that feeling - for more, try Love quotes.

If starting over resonates with you, our Love quotes and Like quotes touch on related feelings of attachment and preference in unfamiliar circumstances.