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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.

One of the lesser-known ways of making new words is to form a blend - and a blend is when you run two words together to make a third word.

Quotes by David Crystal

The Internet has given us 10 or 15 new styles of communication: long messages like blogging, and then short messages like texting and tweeting. I see it all as part of an expanding array of linguistic possibilities.

Quotes by David Crystal

I support a constitutional conversation, as the Labour Party does, which will allow New Zealanders to evolve a more mature and stable constitutional form, but that's not something that I, as Labour Party, would want to impose, either on the...

Quotes by David Cunliffe

I want to get down to the nuts and bolts of what is actually going to change to lift New Zealand's economic performance.

Quotes by David Cunliffe

Powerful new drug-free treatments have been developed for depression and for every conceivable type of anxiety, such as chronic worrying, shyness, public speaking anxiety, test anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks. The goal of the treatment is not just partial improvement...

Quotes by David D. Burns

It's normal to have early difficulties when you get a new manager with a new concept.

Quotes by David de Gea

A maverick feels like he has no choice however difficult his choice of expression. In my case, it was going backwards into tonality. It seemed so wrong. The idea that progress is going into the past in a new way...

Quotes by David Del Tredici

I do things on TV that are kitchen-sink realism, which is great, but I like the challenge of a completely new language and dramatic environment.

Quotes by David Denman

Quantum computation is... a distinctively new way of harnessing nature... It will be the first technology that allows useful tasks to be performed in collaboration between parallel universes.

Quotes by David Deutsch

To me quantum computation is a new and deeper and better way to understand the laws of physics, and hence understanding physical reality as a whole.

Quotes by David Deutsch

The people really are what make New York City great.

Quotes by David Dinkins

Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a bit much for those who don't come from New York, but clearly we are an...

Quotes by David Dinkins

My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people.

Quotes by David Dinkins

One of the benefits to ordering food in New York is that you can get food 24/7.

Quotes by David Chang

Chef Thomas Keller was an inspiration to me and many, many young cooks like me. He told us that the role of the new, modern chef is different.

Quotes by David Chang

I want to make simple food new.

Quotes by David Chang

New York gives us a wide colour palette to cook from. We have cuisines from around the world, and that lets us pick and choose.

Quotes by David Chang

I'm not trying to bring New York to Toronto. I want to understand Toronto better.

Quotes by David Chang

In New York, we're always confined with spaces. Our restaurants are difficult to navigate as cooks and to operate. We fight against the buildings we run in New York.

Quotes by David Chang

Rules designed to ensure competition ensure that innovators with new ideas can challenge incumbents on a level playing field.

Quotes by David Cohen

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.