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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 wanted to be a bus driver when I was a kid. I look at bus driving through the eyes of a little boy. I see it as glamorous.

Quotes by Jim Lehrer

I met five presidents. I had dinner with a president of the United States in the White House. I played golf with a president of the United States. I made money. I mean, when I look at it, I had...

Quotes by Jim Leyland

I have to tell everyone that when I finish a film and it goes out and is released, I never look at my films again. I don't like looking back. I don't even like talking about 'em! So I'm really...

Quotes by Jim Jarmusch

There's a theory with comedy that you shouldn't do anything that's too topical in your specials because people won't be able to watch them in five years. But I look at Trump in the same way I look at Mr....

Quotes by Jim Jefferies

Technologically we can deliver the ability of parents to be able to log into a school intranet, be able to see what homework has been set or look at lesson planning, whether the child is attending, see what the timetable...

Quotes by Jim Knight

I'm confident in our resolve to make the decisions necessary to keep our country and our people safe and prosperous and I look forward to representing the citizens of Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District for the next two years.

Quotes by Jim Gerlach

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

Quotes by Jim DeMint

I do look at fashion, and I love going to Opening Ceremony and seeing what they have. Seeing what Jeremy Scott is doing. And this designer Bernhard Wilhelm. Proenza Schouler.

Quotes by Jim Drain

When I was about 9 years old, man, I realized that the real thing was not only to do what you were doing totally great, but to look totally great while you were doing it.

Quotes by Jim Carroll

Anything that I undergo, I look at as redemptive suffering.

Quotes by Jim Caviezel

I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles.

Quotes by Jim Caviezel

I like to think that my finest hour is still ahead of me, so I can look forward rather than look backward.

Quotes by Jim Coleman

Most of my folks back home think Social Security and Medicare are sacred commitments stronger than the strongest contract. And yet if you look at the details here in Washington, they're not even promises. They're scheduled benefits. I think we...

Quotes by Jim Cooper

You know, I try not to look back, because looking forward is so much better than looking backward.

Quotes by Jim Bakker

I welcome every chance I get to interact with fans. I've made some very close friendships amongst fans, and I look forward to seeing them.

Quotes by Jim Beaver

The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.

Quotes by Jim Bishop

I never had a father, really. My great-grandmother raised me. But I was in this country where I got help from people that were not of my same color. So when I come out of the box, I don't come...

Quotes by Jim Brown

Certainly I have more in common with Bernie Sanders than differences. I think if you had to look for differences, you would find them in foreign policy, where my campaign is perhaps more critical - I would say definitely more...

Quotes by Jill Stein

I think there's always the whole expectation that men can age and look fine, and girls have to be all conscious. But guys can also keep their skin intact.

Quotes by Jillian Hervey

I feel like my Lion Babe look is an embellishment of my everyday look - it's definitely more extravagant and more artistic.

Quotes by Jillian Hervey

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.