Logo - Feel The Words

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 like kitten heels. I just don't think they are an attractive shoe because they always look so stumpy. And I would never wear cowboy boots: a pointy toe and little heel is just not my thing.

Quotes by Jessica Hart

If my shirt's off all the time on national TV, with 20 million people watching, I want to look my best.

Quotes by Jesse Metcalfe

I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated as a child so I wanted to prove my worth as an adult, as an...

Quotes by Jesse Metcalfe

I don't want to be one of those 40-something guys in L.A. still dating, still going out to clubs and chasing 21-year-olds. It's not a good look.

Quotes by Jesse Metcalfe

I used to jump out of airplanes. I was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. When parachuting, you never look down at the ground. You feel for it with your legs. Your knees are your shock absorbers - you...

Quotes by Jesse White

My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.

Quotes by Jessica Alba

I think I tend to live in sort of a meta state of existence where I'm always analyzing and analyzing whatever I'm going through at any given moment, and a lot of times I'll reflect back on and go, 'Oh...

Quotes by Jesse Bradford

Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I...

Quotes by Jesse Eisenberg

I don't look at anything in my life as achievements. I look at them as experiences.

Quotes by Jesse Itzler

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

Quotes by Jesse Jackson

Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing...

Quotes by Jesse Jackson

I'm playing a cop in Chicago. So I have to look beefier - like a guy who eats steak and potatoes.

Quotes by Jesse Lee Soffer

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

Quotes by Jerzy Kosinski

When I look back on my reading habits when I was really young, I was really drawn to stories about strong girls who in some ways are outsiders.

Quotes by Jesmyn Ward

We have got to be brave and bold and bring people with us, not try and look all ways. Trying to please everyone usually means we have pleased no one.

Quotes by Jess Phillips

I fought tooth and nail: I didn't want to learn Hebrew. My Bar Mitzvah came around, and I didn't want to read the Torah portion. I look back with a lot of chagrin about how I behaved.

Quotes by Jesse Andrews

When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it.

Quotes by Jerry Reinsdorf

You look at Superman, the story of an orphan coming to America, keeping his identity secret and even the names, Kal-El and Jor-El, you can trace lines to the background of the creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, both Jewish....

Quotes by Jerry Robinson

These days, newish art can be priced between $10,000 and $25,000. When I tell artists that a new painting by a newish artist should go for around $1,200, they look at me like I'm a flesh-eating virus.

Quotes by Jerry Saltz

It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures.

Quotes by Jerry Stiller

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.