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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.

Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions.

Quotes by Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Look, I don't even agree with myself at times.

Quotes by Jeane Kirkpatrick

I look forward to fulfilling my dream in becoming a member of Scuderia Ferrari and having the Tifosi behind me every step of the way.

Quotes by Jean-Eric Vergne

I look back, and I've got a couple of films, and I'm happy.

Quotes by Jean-Marc Vallee

Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at Haiti from a psychological perspective.

Quotes by Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at Haiti from a psychological perspective. Most of the elite suffer from psychogenic amnesia. That means it's...

Quotes by Jean-Bertrand Aristide

I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores.

Quotes by Jean M. Auel

Thin people release the fork, and they chew the food with the fork on the table. They chew their food slowly. They look around at each other or the wall or a picture. They listen to the music. They sit...

Quotes by Jean Nidetch

When I create a sports costume, I remember that it must not look - how do you say? - 'bedraggled.'

Quotes by Jean Patou

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the...

Quotes by Jean Paul

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

Quotes by Jean Paul

When I looked at my mother, I always saw a bit of Ireland. And I suppose when I look to Ireland, I see a bit of my mother - her faith, her wit, her endurance.

Quotes by Jean Kennedy Smith

I think I look for a muse in women. Someone I can just picture in my mind. Someone who respects herself and others. It isn't so much the things she says, it's mainly what she does. That's what make her...

Quotes by JC Chasez

You have to look at history as an evolution of society.

Quotes by Jean Chretien

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.

Quotes by Jean Cocteau

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.

Quotes by Jay Weatherill

What we are trying to do is to look at all of those resources and say, well, would they be better spent on just advocacy and information, or can we make savings out of that and redirect them into savings.

Quotes by Jay Weatherill

Jane Lynch is incredibly quick-witted, very intelligent, and extremely humorous. Also, on top of that all, just a very wonderful, warm, kind person. She's definitely someone to look up to.

Quotes by Jayma Mays

I never look at a note. I just roam the stage. The people do not want to leave.

Quotes by Jayne Meadows

People in the news media after I got caught said how could you have not caught this guy? He had 50 corrections in four years. That's a lot of corrections. Well what they failed to look at is how many...

Quotes by Jayson Blair

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.