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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.

On one show before a live audience, I had to look out the door and call for Will Smith to come in. The audience couldn't see him, but there he was with his naked butt staring me in the face....

Quotes by James Avery

I'm hardly a smartphone addict. I rarely look at social media.

Quotes by James B. Stewart

Hindsight can be merciless. People of any given era often look back in time and wonder how their predecessors could have been so dimwitted.

Quotes by James Balog

My mum actually gave up work to look after my child, which is so touching.

Quotes by Jamelia

It's fun to perform Bernie Sanders and give his boring percentages and fact-based points to address some ridiculous Trumpisms, because that was always my fantasy for what the general election would look like.

Quotes by James Adomian

One funny thing I realized is how many people had no idea that I was gay because they don't bother to look it up or ask.

Quotes by James Adomian

I'm in an area where I want to make music that I'm thrilled with, but, you know, I do have to worry about putting food on the table. I'm in that position where I cannot always be gauging what things...

Quotes by Jakob Dylan

Fluid intelligence doesn't look much like the capacity to memorise and recite facts, the skills that people have traditionally associated with brainpower.

Quotes by Jamais Cascio

I look good, and I know it.

Quotes by Jameis Winston

The most important thing I learned is I have to get my body in shape, because those men look good. Not just the other quarterbacks - everyone. Their bodies look good.

Quotes by Jameis Winston

I wasn't born to be a fighter. My hands are too small, and look at these short arms.

Quotes by Jake LaMotta

There's a lot that goes into being Tim McGraw or Kenny Chesney. They have great songs, their show is great, they're very fit. When you look at somebody who takes care of themselves, takes care of their business, that's what...

Quotes by Jake Owen

I'm really big into lyrics in my own songs, so I look up to Drake in that aspect.

Quotes by Jake Paul

I often say to prospective clients, 'Nothing will age faster than your hardware.' Even the thinnest touch screen will look like a toaster oven in a number of years.

Quotes by Jake Barton

Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script.

Quotes by Jake Gyllenhaal

When I look in the mirror, I'm a husband and a father first.

Quotes by Jake Hager

I look like a winner, I smell like a winner, so why not put it on the big screen?

Quotes by Jake Hager

If you go back and look at WWE Magazine, they asked me when I was going to win my first world championship and I told them WrestleMania XXVI, so I was only a couple days off.

Quotes by Jake Hager

I look like an accountant. And no offense to accountants! There's some really cool accountants out there.

Quotes by Jake Lacy

Half of me is very excited and the other half is 'Haven't we seen this stuff before?' But I'm very impressed. I almost couldn't picture it when it was being put together. I couldn't picture it being in my hand,...

Quotes by Jaime Hernandez

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.