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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 think there is empirical evidence that if you look at family controlled businesses, they actually outperform in terms of results and also valuations, the broader market.

Quotes by John Elkann

I look at my career and it's still hard for me to believe the way things turned out and how things happened. I've been so blessed.

Quotes by John Elway

I would have loved to have played for Joe Gibbs. Look at his record of winning three Super Bowls.

Quotes by John Elway

As you look around the country there are still a significant number of states where their whole school debate is over school funding and we've been focused on the quality debate for most of the '90s.

Quotes by John Engler

All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others.

Quotes by John Engler

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.

Quotes by John Donne

Once you identify positional needs, then I think, then, what you do is, you be very selective on how you go about acquiring those players. You have to look at the resources available on how to acquire those players, and...

Quotes by John Dorsey

I always try to look at kids like I'm in the locker room, and I'm a teammate.

Quotes by John Dorsey

You had to make a camera look like it's traveling at 300 mph, but you couldn't make it actually travel at 300 mph so you had to slow everything down and build devices to do that. So you were constantly...

Quotes by John Dykstra

It's an embarrassment of riches because you have directors who don't better. You end up with so much stuff going on the screen that you don't know where to look, and that's what I consider self-indulgent.

Quotes by John Dykstra

I don't look at this as a religious based thing. To me this is energy based.

Quotes by John Edward

I'll look and pick the best, and the one who can do the best job for the party.

Quotes by John Dingell

The Democratic Party needs to look carefully at moving towards the middle, where the American people are.

Quotes by John Dingell

I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things.

Quotes by John D. Voelker

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

Quotes by John Dalberg-Acton

I look at the PGA, and it was like winning the lottery.

Quotes by John Daly

I'd really like to think Picard and Q are each other's Jekyll and Hyde. That's an interesting way to look at their relationship, and it gives you a pretty good idea of who Q is.

Quotes by John de Lancie

Look at my track record: All of the big hits we created in Holland worked globally.

Quotes by John de Mol, Jr.

Bill Rehnquist makes Barry Goldwater look like a liberal.

Quotes by John Dean

I've been devoting quite a bit of my time to harmonic studies on my own, in libraries and places like that. I've found you've got to look back at the old things and see them in a new light.

Quotes by John Coltrane

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.