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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 always look for... hopefully look for a challenge. And you're always looking for the next summit to hit. Even if it's a personal one. It needn't be some great sense of monumental... It just has to be important to...

Quotes by Joe Carnahan

When I look back, I didn't take care of myself at all.

Quotes by Joe Cocker

Accents influence a performance. If you look at Stanislavski, he says work from the in to the out, and I probably overall work the other way. I find an accent and a mood, and that influences the character massively.

Quotes by Joe Cole

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very rare.

Quotes by Jodie Foster

I think as a pregnant woman we're all looking for stuff that makes us all look cute and fashionable and feel sexy when we're pregnant.

Quotes by Jodie Sweetin

I was the attention-seeking child in class who needed everyone to look at meee.

Quotes by Jodie Whittaker

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting people every single one of my subjects is.

Quotes by Jock Sturges

If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing that, follow that finger back, go up the arm and look at the head that's behind it, because there's almost always something fairly woolly in...

Quotes by Jock Sturges

First ladies, you know, we look at Michelle Obama, and we look at most first ladies, and they seem like they have it all. You know, they live in the White House, they go to state dinners, they ride on...

Quotes by Jodi Kantor

Sometimes, when you look at an adviser's failings or perceived failings, I think the tough question you have to ask as a journalist is, 'What does this say about the president?'

Quotes by Jodi Kantor

I'm happy with the way I look but I'm not Hollywood beautiful.

Quotes by Joanne Froggatt

Fashion does seem to have a '20s comeback every few seasons, and I completely see why. It's a very feminine look: the fabrics and the shapes are very pretty and distinctive.

Quotes by Joanne Froggatt

Never lower your sight - always look at people at eye-level.

Quotes by Joanne Liu

The September 11th tragedy forced us all to look at the world in a different way, and it reminds us all of the importance of living every moment.

Quotes by Joanne Woodward

Get out there and meet people, and that will lead to meeting other people. Look around; see if there's anyone hiding in plain sight. There may be friends that become more than friends.

Quotes by Joanna Coles

I adore Clinique's All About Eyes cream. It depuffs the eyes and makes me look like I actually slept eight hours!

Quotes by Joanna Garcia

Being from the countryside gave me a spine, and it's why I'm so accepting - I don't judge people for how they look or how they talk... I just accept everyone.

Quotes by Joanna Kulig

In petrol stations on the motorways where people have left the place looking messy, I clear up each lavatory I happen to have occupied. When people drop paper on the ground, and everything like that, I pick it up, put...

Quotes by Joanna Lumley

I would always hunch over, I was always taller than the boys. I had the extremely skinny legs... I would double up my socks, those ones from Footlocker, to make my legs look thicker.

Quotes by Joan Smalls

I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny.

Quotes by Joan Collins

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.