87 Quotes About Novelty

People don’t want novelty – they want the reassurance of familiarity. No-one wants to be challenged, no-one wants to have their minds blown. There is an insatiable appetite for affirmation.

Lo verdaderamente nuevo da miedo o maravilla.

It was a small tortoise with Julia’s initials set in diamonds in the living shell, and this slightly obscene object, now slipping impotently on the polished boards, now striding across the card-table, now lumbering over a rug, now withdrawn at a touch, now stretching its neck and swaying its withered, antediluvian head, became a memorable part of the evening, one of those needlehooks of experience which catch the attention when larger matters are at stake.

Time limits tend to turn everything predictable and mundane into a novelty.

There’s nothing new. The novelty lies in being yourself.

Brand-new truths are probably not Truths.

Progressive. n. One who is unable to distinguish between novelty and enlightenment.

New is America's oldest tradition.

novelty is a wonderfully short-lived thing.