名人新年寄語——馬克-吐溫
展望篇
we will open the book. its pages are blank. we are going to put words on them ourselves. the book is called opportunity and its first chapter is new year’s day. ——edith lovejoy pierce
cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ——oprah winfrey
of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the old year. ——charles lamb
諷刺激勵篇
new year’s day: now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. ——mark twain
it wouldn’t be new year’s if i didn’t have regrets. ——william thomas
but can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? i live according to twenty-year-old habits. ——andre gide
祝福篇
glory to god in highest heaven,
who unto man his son hath given;
while angels sing with tender mirth,
a glad new year to all the earth.
——martin luther
搞笑篇
people are so worried about what they eat between christmas and the new year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the new year and christmas. ——author unknown