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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.

I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does not, on the whole, have the highest regard for my own stuff in that when I look all I get to see are the flaws.

Neil Gaiman

I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it.

Neil Gaiman

We've had a digital revolution, but we don't need to keep having it. And I'd like to look after that, to look what comes after the digital revolution.

Quotes by Neil Gershenfeld

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.

Quotes by Neil Innes

So we used to look for funny songs, and learn them and play them. And we used to play them in pubs.

Quotes by Neil Innes

I'd like to be an inventor, as they look at the world in a different way and find solutions for making it better.

Quotes by Neil Jackson

If Edwards gained 60 pounds and lost all his hair, he'd look like Dick Cheney!

Quotes by Neil Cavuto

Darwin's theory of evolution is a framework by which we understand the diversity of life on Earth. But there is no equation sitting there in Darwin's 'Origin of Species' that you apply and say, 'What is this species going to...

Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

If you are looking for someone to break the mold, the last guy you look to is Robert Mueller.

Quotes by Neal Katyal

Look, the people will elect the government they think best.

Quotes by Nawaz Sharif

'Freaky Ali' may look like an easy role to others, but it is not easy.

Quotes by Nawazuddin Siddiqui

It's not the norm, I guess, to see someone as aggressive as me being more or less very athletic. You see me running, having a big, violent hit, it's going to look bad, but that's the natural ability I've been...

Quotes by Ndamukong Suh

I know the music industry is based on a lot of smoke and mirrors in a lot of cases, such as making things look like one thing versus what it actually is. I feel like I've been here long enough...

Quotes by Ne-Yo

Nobody is looking for work who doesn't need work. That's why we look for work.

Quotes by Neal Adams

For research, I like to go to the location of the places in the novels. The first thing that I do is involve my senses: I notice the smells; I open the trash cans and look at what people have...

Quotes by Natsuo Kirino

Our offices across the globe may not be very similar in terms of the way they look, but they are very similar culturally.

Quotes by Naveen Tewari

People say I look like a vampire. I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or not.

Quotes by Nathaniel Buzolic

Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.

Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It's an honor, but it can also be a burden. I may be on TV, but I'm also a teenager. I don't get it right...

Quotes by Nathan Kress

Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!

Quotes by Nathan Lane

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.