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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 considered moving to New York or Los Angeles, but they're two of the hardest places to move to when you're just starting out in a band.

Quotes by Dave Keuning

There's this myopia among American venture capitalists to not go anywhere beyond Silicon Valley and New York.

Quotes by Dave McClure

A new medium always has a period when it is struggling inside the confining box of an earlier medium. Creators have to unlearn what they knew before they can see the fresh, uncharted vistas stretching before them.

Quotes by Dave Morris

The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

Quotes by Dave Mustaine

I was always the new kid in school, I'm the kid from a broken family, I'm the kid who had no dad showing up at the father-son stuff, I'm the kid that was using food stamps at the grocery store.

Quotes by Dave Mustaine

Jane's Addiction has only put out new music when our hearts were in and when we had something to say creatively.

Quotes by Dave Navarro

I'm very interested in science fiction, and I like new things. I've never been a really sentimental person.

Quotes by Dave Davies

I advocate for a totally new view of the role of the patient: patient as engaged partner, not passive recipient.

Quotes by Dave deBronkart

When I'm out of town, I always try to get some readings or some type of new information to where I'm learning more about Islam, just to become the best Muslim I can become.

Quotes by Dave East

I never felt like 'I'm an underground dude' or 'I can only be hot in New York.'

Quotes by Dave East

I think what sets a New York rapper apart from other rappers from other places is just being from New York.

Quotes by Dave East

The fashion and the rap go hand in hand with New York City.

Quotes by Dave East

A standard sitcom... is a very standard idea, like these people falling in love and living with each other, and all these people living with each other. It's like, okay, we hooked them up in episode 15, how do we...

Quotes by Dave Finkel

NBC is working with a team of astrophysicists to create a new day of the week.

Quotes by Dave Foley

When I first came to New York City, what I was thrilled about was not the Empire State Building, or the Statue of Liberty; it was the fireplugs in the street. These things that Jack Kirby had drawn. Or these...

Quotes by Dave Gibbons

Madefire is igniting a new era by creating a modern, dynamic reading experience and bringing that to the millions of iPad users around the world.

Quotes by Dave Gibbons

One of the attractions for me of having 'Watchmen' made into the first Motion Comic was just that - it was breaking new ground.

Quotes by Dave Gibbons

I didn't start sweating until I had children. That was one of the first things I realized when my daughter Violet was born - I started getting wicked BO. You know there's a difference between basketball BO and stress BO?...

Quotes by Dave Grohl

I have been making hip-hop since I was a kid growing up in New York in the '80s and '90s. It's always been a hobby of mine - I've been making beats and writing songs for as long or longer...

Quotes by Dash Mihok

I think there's always an adjustment when somebody new is runnings things, from the top down.

Quotes by Dash Mihok

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.