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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.

Behind every tree there's a new monster.

Quotes by Todd Rundgren

People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan.

Quotes by Toby Young

I basically did comedy there for about a year, and then moved to New York. If I had it to do over again, I would have booked myself on the road for at least a year.

Quotes by Todd Barry

And you can tell the writers who do it - Robert Stone, for example, who with each new novel is doing something new. I appreciate that in other writers.

Quotes by Tobias Wolff

In the the late seventies and early eighties, I played background roles in thirty movies... Woody Allen movies, Scorsese films, you name it. Whatever was being shot in New York, I was doing stand-in and background work because I wanted...

Quotes by Tobin Bell

Since I was 15, I have not spent a Christmas or a New Year with my family.

Quotes by Toby Alderweireld

If there's a secret to New Line, it's the people here.

Quotes by Toby Emmerich

I've been to New Zealand, like, 25 or 30 times.

Quotes by Toby Emmerich

I'm into hip-hop, rap, country, blues, gospel, old school, new school... whatever... pop. If it's really good, I like it. I don't have to be told what to listen to. If I like it and it's good, I'll listen to...

Quotes by Toby Keith

Singing is how I express everything. Hunger, needing new clothes... it's all through song.

Quotes by Tituss Burgess

The comptroller of New York City ought to have all the characteristics of a major corporation's CFO - quiet rigor, obsessive care for detail, incorruptible judgment, an ability to work assiduously behind the scenes with the key stakeholders.

Quotes by Tina Brown

Periodically, 'The New York Times' runs a business news story lamenting how few women still make it to the top in the Wall Street boys' club. Could it be that women are choosing to be conscientious objectors in these wars...

Quotes by Tina Brown

Greatest hits is easy because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile.

Quotes by Tina Turner

Thinking that morality is all about commandments is a relatively new way of thinking, since the Reformation.

Quotes by Timothy Radcliffe

The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity.

Quotes by Timothy Radcliffe

I'm saying nothing new that Dave Pasquesi is really good at what he does.

Quotes by Timothy Simons

I used to love going to shows and finding new bands, but the Internet takes the fun out of it. Like a band? You can buy and download every single song they have ever done within five minutes.

Quotes by Timothy Simons

You don't want someone to think you're from New Hampshire, because who cares about New Hampshire? You're basically just a pass-through.

Quotes by Timothy Simons

I feel like New York built me - it made my mindset really strong. I give props to New York for making that happen.

Quotes by Timothy Weah

No producer should revive a play unless they have a very good reason for it. I think there's quite enough about a good play to make it available to new audiences.

Quotes by Timothy West

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.