Monty Don Quotes

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.

New Year's Eve is a great time to think about making a resolution to change a behavior, improve upon a practice, or to start something new. Most people don't keep their resolutions very far into the year, but there's no reason to wait until Dec 31st to reboot.

When I feel a little confused, the only thing to do is to turn back to the study of nature before launching once again into the subjects closest to heart.

Sometimes I forget some of the things I've done. I recently recalled that after Watergate I went away by myself to Tahiti for a month, moving from island to island. That was a point in my life where I didn't know what was next.

I mean, I feel like just a new person completely.

Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the memory of your friends does not hinder you from being what you have become.

The mustache represented the old John; I didn't want to be that guy anymore, so I shaved it off. It was ritualistic in a way.

'Younger' is about reinvention and how age is very much a state of mind. I think the show is ultimately about reinvention. I do think it explores, ultimately, the differences between generations, through the prism of reinvention. That reinvention is possible.

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

The thing about Duran... that gives you the ability to bring all that opportunity back into your life.

I like to wake up each morning feeling a new man.

We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments.

Life is full and overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter.

It's important to just kind of get away from your sport until you miss it. It's about taking time to enjoy other aspects of life or learn new things. It helps rejuvenate.

Entertainment has this way of resetting itself.

New Year's Eve is not about having a big party for me. It's a time of reflection, and I often go on spiritual retreats.

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

One can be emptied out and be filled up.

Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.

I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together.

Being born again means you have a new concept of yourself.

Maybe some people have written us off, but I think the new music today has also invigorated us.

I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just to survive. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling asleep, like I'll go crazy if I don't do it.

'Bell Choir Coast' is about a fictional land where I was able to start over, discover myself, and learn to take life a lot less seriously.