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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 approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did, and I get the sweats, I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going.

Quotes by Frank Gehry

It's not new that architecture can profoundly affect a place, sometimes transform it. Architecture and any art can transform a person, even save someone.

Quotes by Frank Gehry

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.

Quotes by Francois Mitterrand

I fell in love with New York. I moved here 25 years ago in 1984 after I lived in Paris for six years. In the 1980s, it was the place to be. Here I was able to create NARS, which...

Quotes by Francois Nars

I like to discover new things, and I'm always testing new apps.

Quotes by Francois-Henri Pinault

I'm hoping to make a new thing for the world that remains in the mind like a new species of living thing.

Quotes by Frank Auerbach

I want to give something new to this club, I want to bring Fiorentina into the top three of the table.

Quotes by Franck Ribery

I could play for another club in Europe but my heart is beating too much for Bayern. But I could imagine going to the U.S., Qatar or Dubai for a new experience.

Quotes by Franck Ribery

As an assistant in the polytechnic department, I was able to finance new studies and got my Physics Masters Degree in 1958 and my Ph.D. in 1959.

Quotes by Francois Englert

Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.

Quotes by Francis Parkman

A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.

Quotes by Francis Picabia

There have been low moments before, but Christianity is an incredibly adaptable organism, using different parts of its repertoire to mutate into new ecological niches, yet preserving intact its story of grace, of love improbably triumphant.

Quotes by Francis Spufford

The whole of the hydrogen on the earth might be transformed at once and the success of the experiment published at large to the universe as a new star.

Quotes by Francis William Aston

I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.

Quotes by Francisco Costa

Rio was a period of my life, and then, poof, I'm gone. I was very young living here, just kind of floating. New York was a foundation for everything I do today. Rio was the bridge.

Quotes by Francisco Costa

The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly institutions in the country. Yes, conservative: Economists joke that their discipline advances one funeral at a time, but...

Quotes by Francis Fukuyama

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

Quotes by Francis Bacon

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

Quotes by Francis Bacon

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Quotes by Francis Bacon

When you read the New Testament, you see the Holy Spirit was supposed to change everything so that this gathering of people who call themselves Christians had this supernatural element about them.

Quotes by Francis Chan

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.