Quotes about news page 15
“Maybe the new me will be different.”
Beatrice Sparks (1917–2012) American writer
Source: Go Ask Alice
“When the image is new, the world is new.”
Gaston Bachelard book The Poetics of Space
Source: The Poetics of Space
“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Pt. 2, ch. 22
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Context: "I think I'll be a clown when I get grown," said Dill. "Yes, sir, a clown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off."
"You got it backwards, Dill," said Jem. "Clowns are sad, it's folks that laugh at them."
"Well, I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks."
Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged
The Fountainhead (1943).
Source: Atlas Shrugged
Context: That particular sense of sacred rapture men say they experience in contemplating nature- I've never received it from nature, only from. Buildings, Skyscrapers. I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. The shapes and the thought that made them. The sky over New York and the will of man made visible. What other religion do we need? And then people tell me about pilgrimages to some dank pest-hole in a jungle where they go to do homage to a crumbling temple, to a leering stone monster with a pot belly, created by some leprous savage. Is it beauty and genius they want to see? Do they seek a sense of the sublime? Let them come to New York, stand on the shore of the Hudson, look and kneel. When I see the city from my window - no, I don't feel how small I am - but I feel that if a war came to threaten this, I would like to throw myself into space, over the city, and protect these buildings with my body.
Gregory Maguire book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Eva Ibbotson A Company of Swans
Source: A Company of Swans
Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer
Source: The Piper's Son
James Madison (1751–1836) 4th president of the United States (1809 to 1817)
Source: James Madison: Writings
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) American feminist, writer, commercial artist, lecturer and social reformer
N.T. Wright (1948) Anglican bishop
Source: Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
Haruki Murakami book A Wild Sheep Chase
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (1982), Chapter 15, The Song Is Over
“I see no advantage in these new clocks. They run no faster than the ones made 100 years ago.”
Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist
John Steinbeck book East of Eden
Variant: But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - because 'Thou mayest.
Source: East of Eden
“Everything I learned in my life, I learned because I decided to try something new.”
David Lynch (1946) American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
Source: The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
“I wanted to try this new drink: That's all we do, isn't it - look at things and try new drinks?”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Source: The Complete Short Stories
Judith McNaught book A Kingdom of Dreams
Source: A Kingdom of Dreams
“New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Source: Tender is the Night
Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea
Variant: But, he thought, I keep them with precision. Only I have no luck anymore. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.
Source: The Old Man and the Sea
Italo Calvino (1923–1985) Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels
Source: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
“Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual.”
Angela Carter (1940–1992) English novelist
Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings (1992).
Mary Roach book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Source: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian
Variant: I remembered what she'd told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought - just maybe - we were off to a good start.
Source: The Last Olympian
“Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York?”
Naomi Novik (1973) American writer
Source: Zombies Vs. Unicorns
“As new dawns go, this one is depressingly like the old dawn.”
David Nicholls book Starter for Ten
Source: Starter for Ten
“If your name is getting too heavy, you should have Kvothe give you a new one.”
Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
Washington Irving book Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveler (1824), Preface, p. 7.
Source: Tales of a Traveller
Steven Pressfield (1943) United States Marine
Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles
James Gleick book The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Source: The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
March 1937
Diary entries (1914 - 1974)
Source: The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
Jerry Spinelli (1941) American children's writer
Source: Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes, and Promises to Myself
“Got something new, maybe it'll work before the end of the day if that's ok.”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
“May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.”
Joey Adams (1911–1999) American comedian, newspaper columnist
Howard Zinn book A People's History of the United States
Source: A People's History of the United States
Lewis Buzbee (1957) American writer
Source: The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History
Janette Rallison (1966) American writer
Source: My Unfair Godmother
“Well, good news, " Blitzen said. "I found the bag. Bad news… I found the bag.”
Rick Riordan book The Hammer of Thor
Source: The Hammer of Thor
“The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.”
Jon Krakauer book Into the Wild
Source: Into the Wild
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Friendship
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
Source: The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child
William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
Source: The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
1770s, Declaration of Independence (1776)
Context: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Kennedy's "focus on a more practical, more attainable peace, based not on a sudden revolution in human nature but on a gradual evolution of human institutions." was quoted by Barack Obama in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech.
1963, American University speech
Context: I am not referring to the absolute, infinite concept of peace and good will of which some fantasies and fanatics dream. I do not deny the value of hopes and dreams but we merely invite discouragement and incredulity by making that our only and immediate goal. Let us focus instead on a more practical, more attainable peace — based not on a sudden revolution in human nature but on a gradual evolution in human institutions — on a series of concrete actions and effective agreements which are in the interest of all concerned. There is no single, simple key to this peace — no grand or magic formula to be adopted by one or two powers. Genuine peace must be the product of many nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to meet the challenge of each new generation. For peace is a process — a way of solving problems.