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Look Quotes

On perspective, hindsight and how we choose to see things.

The quotes here range from looking back on a career with no regrets to noticing how children in very different places can end up facing strikingly similar struggles. For more on outlook, see our Life quotes.

First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that many musicians started to look outside the traditional structures of tonality.

Quotes by Pierre Schaeffer

If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case.

Quotes by Piers Anthony

We must look not to the negative (the misery, the bestial in life), although we undergo it and sympathize with it, but rather to the burgeoning life around us, which is strengthened by the negative.

Quotes by Piet Mondrian

Canada has always been a strong supporter of China's accession to the WTO... We look forward to playing a constructive role in helping complete China's accession.

Quotes by Pierre Pettigrew

I have no desire to look at myself.

Quotes by Pierce Brosnan

I went to a Radiohead concert with Mr. Aaron Paul and became instantly hip. He's a great tweeter and took a photograph of the two of us. He said, 'Man, look at this! We've already got 800 hits in five...

Quotes by Pierce Brosnan

If you look at 'Golden Son,' it was just a focused, isolated battle for Mars.

Quotes by Pierce Brown

When you look at a lot of the military histories, and even modern military history, everyone pretty much refers to each other by nicknames.

Quotes by Pierce Brown

If you look at the character of Sadness, they really nailed my eyebrows.

Quotes by Phyllis Smith

I have always been more of a joyous person than a sad person. But I was fortunate to have a mom and dad where my mom could look at my face and know what was going on and was able...

Quotes by Phyllis Smith

You know, it was important for me to do something like that, because nobody ever really thought I could do anything except look sexy on a poster and go shopping.

Quotes by Pia Zadora

Nobody needs to prove to anybody what they're worthy of, just the person that they look at in the mirror. That's the only person you need to answer to.

Quotes by Picabo Street

But had they not paid that advance we would have lost much more, we would have started to go and look for the product all over again, the refinery would have stopped working.

Quotes by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

Quotes by Phylicia Rashad

Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what's outside or because of something internal? It's always internal. It is.

Quotes by Phylicia Rashad

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.

Quotes by Phylicia Rashad

If you're an actor, you have to look spiffing. But as the director, you don't need to look so glamorous.

Quotes by Phyllida Lloyd

My photographs don't do me justice - they just look like me.

Quotes by Phyllis Diller

In my opinion, it seems like music is taking a bit of a turn. Look at Mumford and Sons, and the Lumineers. It seems like people and music fans are enjoying the more artistic side of music, and that popular...

Quotes by Phillip Phillips

When I was deciding whether or not to take the job at Celine, I didn't really look at the history of the house. I had other offers to come back, but they weren't right, or they wouldn't let me stay...

Quotes by Phoebe Philo

Frequently Asked Questions

What different senses of "look" appear on this page?
The quotes use "look" in a few ways - looking directly at something to understand it, looking back on one's life without regret, and describing how situations can look similar across different contexts. For more general reflections in this everyday-word style, see Like quotes.
Is there a quote about having no regrets?
Yes: "I look back, and I have no regrets, truly. Everything led me to the place where I am now." For more reflections on life's path, see Life.
Does this page include any perspective on filmmaking?
Yes: "You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates" makes a direct statement about how film should be watched and understood.
Is there anything here about children or education?
One quote touches on how children facing poverty attend schools not designed to meet their needs, noting that marginalized children's circumstances can look alike across different countries. For more uplifting reflections along these lines, see Good.
Is there a quote about writing or editing here?
Yes, one describes the habit of rewriting books multiple times before submitting them, and taking another look after an editor's feedback, with the reminder to keep on trying. For more first-person reflections, see Me quotes.

Pair these with our Good quotes for a more upbeat perspective, or Like quotes on personal taste and preference.