名人新年寄语——马克-吐温

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

讽刺激励篇

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