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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.

God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.

Quotes by Tom Wolfe

The 'New York Honk,' as it was called, was the most fashionable accent an American male could have at that time, namely, the spring of 1963. One achieved it by forcing all words out through the nostrils rather than the...

Quotes by Tom Wolfe

I can see that the tennis for the fans could be a bit boring, and these days you have these new modern things which you can do, and you have a lot of time, because you just play a match,...

Quotes by Tomas Berdych

The language marches in step with the executioners. Therefore we must get a new language.

Quotes by Tomas Transtromer

I like being in new places and seeing new sights.

Quotes by Tom Welling

The fact is that people are attracted to new work and by new work.

Quotes by Tom Stoppard

I literally do not understand how New Yorkers deal with summer.

Quotes by Tom Sturridge

The Left not only needs a victim class, it has proven adept at inventing new victim classes as a means of exacerbating social conflict.

Quotes by Tom Tancredo

Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.

Quotes by Tom Udall

Perhaps unscripted reality shows and written fiction have already blurred together into some new amalgamated mush, just as the line between commercials and programs has been trashed.

Quotes by Tom Shales

I used to be very rigid because I just wanted to get through it. Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease.

Quotes by Tom Sizemore

I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.

Quotes by Tom Petty

My own career started in New York at the 'Associated Press', a fast-paced news agency where we rarely had time for deep reporting.

Quotes by Tom Rachman

Napoleon - the people who were becoming Napoleon's generals realized that for him, it was not about spreading freedom and revolution; it was about creating a new empire with Napoleon the dictator or the emperor.

Quotes by Tom Reiss

I loved Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's 'Inside No 9.' The way that they constrained each episode to a single location, then tasked themselves with including completely new characters every week, within a single half-hour.

Quotes by Tom Riley

New York is fantastic, and I've done several films in Los Angeles which I really enjoyed, but I don't think that America is the be-all and end-all. I'll follow the good work wherever it may be.

Quotes by Tom Riley

My parents were Northern Ireland Labour party people. We read the 'Guardian' and the 'New Statesman,' listened to the BBC. The house was full of books. We didn't get a television until 'That Was The Week That Was' started. There...

Quotes by Tom Paulin

My wife and I left New York when she got pregnant - we just thought it would be really hard to stay in the city.

Quotes by Tom Perrotta

I was a garbage man in New Jersey in summers during college at Yale. Everybody else got to go to Switzerland and I got to go to the dump.

Quotes by Tom Perrotta

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

Quotes by Tom Peters

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.