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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.

Whenever we try something new, mistakes will happen. Seemingly good ideas will fail and need to be re-thought.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

As an old-time New Yorker, it's not that I miss the '70s and '80s or whatever. I miss the fact that there was a certain kind of energy that exists when people can live for nothing.

Quotes by Abel Ferrara

With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.

Quotes by Abel Ferrara

The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.

Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

It is impossible to advance new theories... when you are under the influence of a particular view, or under the pressure of a particular dogma.

Quotes by Abdolkarim Soroush

When you're younger and traveling and visiting new countries and cities, that stuff is exciting; it's flashy, it's shiny, but I always had this separation between who I was as a person and who I was as a player.

Quotes by Abby Wambach

I've taken so many kids out of Pittsburgh and onto the great white way in New York City right into a Broadway show.

Quotes by Abby Lee Miller

I left Planned Parenthood in 2009 and have since started an organization called And There Were None, which helps abortion workers leave their jobs and find new ones.

Quotes by Abby Johnson

I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.

Quotes by Abbie Cornish

Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.

Quotes by Abbie Cornish

I will say that a lot of art, some of the best art, has very powerful and meaningful messages behind it, and the more you read the stuff on the walls, the more you learn the artist's intention, and you...

Quotes by Abbi Jacobson

I ended up going to college for visual arts but moved up to New York after I graduated from college in 2006 and started going gung ho to the Upright Citizens Brigade, and I realized that that was what I...

Quotes by Abbi Jacobson

'Until Friday Night' is the first book in my new young adult series, 'The Field Party.'

Quotes by Abbi Glines

New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.

Quotes by Abbey Lee Kershaw

My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.

Quotes by Abbey Lee Kershaw

I can't stop staring at my beautiful new baby.

Quotes by Abbey Clancy

One of the first auditions I had in New York was for a commercial where I had to go in and audition to be a snake charmer... It was either some bank commercial or something where they wanted a guy...

Quotes by Aasif Mandvi

When you're on the subway in New York, people literally could be 11-inches away from you, and you can't just stare at them.

Quotes by Aaron Yoo

I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.

Quotes by Aaron Tveit

I get the 'The New York Times' and 'Los Angeles Times' thrown at my door every morning. I'll read the front page of 'The New York Times,' then the op-eds, then scan the arts section and then the sports section....

Quotes by Aaron Sorkin

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.