New Year in quotations
- 1. ‘Hope smiles from the threshold...
- 2. ‘An optimist stays up...
- 3. ‘New Year's Eve is like every...
- 4. ‘He who breaks a resolution...
- 5. ‘Every man should be born again...
- 6. ‘Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.‘
- 7. ‘Last year's words belong...
- 8. ‘Life can only be understood...
- 9. ‘Yesterday, everybody smoked...
- 10. ‘Be always at war with your vices...
1. ‘Hope smiles from the threshold...
Alfred Tennyson
...of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.
2. ‘An optimist stays up...
Bill Vaughan
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
...until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.‘
3. ‘New Year's Eve is like every...
Hamilton Wright Mabie
...other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights.’
4. ‘He who breaks a resolution...
FM Knowles
...is a weakling; he who makes one is a fool.’
5. ‘Every man should be born again...
Henry Ward Beecher
...on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.’
6. ‘Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.‘
Mark Twain
7. ‘Last year's words belong...
TS Eliot
...to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice.’
8. ‘Life can only be understood...
Soren Kierkegaard
...backwards; but it must be lived forwards.’
9. ‘Yesterday, everybody smoked...
Mark Twain
...his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever.’
10. ‘Be always at war with your vices...
Benjamin Franklin
...at peace with your neighbours, and let each new year find you a better man.’
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
-
What Trump's win could mean for Big Tech
Talking Points The tech industry is bracing itself for Trump's second administration
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
-
Europe roiled by attacks on Israeli soccer fans
Speed Read Israeli fans supporting the Maccabi Tel Aviv team clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters in 'antisemitic attacks,' Dutch authorities said
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
Haiti council fires prime minister, boosting chaos
Speed Read Prime Minister Garry Conille was replaced with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
10 things you need to know today: January 24, 2024
Daily Briefing Trump closes in on nomination with New Hampshire win over Haley, 'Oppenheimer' leads the 2024 Oscar nominations, and more
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
-
10 things you need to know today: January 23, 2024
Daily Briefing Haley makes last stand in New Hampshire as Trump extends polling lead, justices side with US over Texas in border fight, and more
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
-
10 things you need to know today: January 22, 2024
Daily Briefing DeSantis ends his presidential campaign and endorses Trump, the US and Arab allies push plan to end Gaza war, and more
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
-
10 things you need to know today: January 21, 2024
Daily Briefing Palestinian death toll reportedly passes 25,000, top Biden adviser to travel to Egypt and Qatar for hostage talks, and more
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
-
10 things you need to know today: January 20, 2024
Daily Briefing Grand jury reportedly convened to investigate Uvalde shooting response, families protest outside Netanyahu's house as pressure mounts for hostage deal, and more
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
-
10 things you need to know today: January 19, 2024
Daily Briefing Congress averts a government shutdown, DOJ report cites failures in police response to Texas school shooting, and more
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
-
10 things you need to know today: January 18, 2024
Daily Briefing Judge threatens to remove Trump from his defamation trial, medicine for hostages and Palestinians reach Gaza, and more
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published
-
10 things you need to know today: January 17, 2024
Daily Briefing The US strikes Houthi targets in Yemen a third time, Trump's second sex defamation trial begins, and more
By Harold Maass, The Week US Published