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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.

People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'

Quotes by Idina Menzel

When I look at my body of work, I've played a lot of characters who are morally conflicted - 'I'm right, no I'm wrong, I don't know what to do!' I want to play more characters who don't care as...

Quotes by Idris Elba

The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears.

Quotes by Ian Mckellen

You can enjoy yourself, but you need to look after yourself as well.

Quotes by Ian Rush

In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and others.

Quotes by Ian Rush

I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.

Quotes by Ian Schrager

Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.

Quotes by Ian Thorpe

Every joke in 'The Office' was unexpected. I cringed; I could hardly look. I cried with laughter.

Quotes by Ian Watson

When I go to the interviews and sit before a prospective employer, I'm going to try and look as employable as I can.

Quotes by Ian Watson

I understand what I look like, and I understand the strengths I have, which is basic, generic white guy.

Quotes by Ian Harding

'Whatever it takes' is my opinion of method acting and, indeed, any other kind of acting. Look at Brando and De Niro. But it's not my cup of tea.

Quotes by Ian Holm

There are people we look up to, like Lady Gaga and what she's built. She's not afraid to own who she is.

Quotes by Ian Axel

You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to...

Quotes by Ian Botham

When The Stone Roses first came out, the early reviews called me 'simian.' I had to look that up at the time.

Quotes by Ian Brown

My biggest fault is that I give people too much credit. Then they let you down. I'm 99.9 per cent perfect - that's how I look at myself and, therefore, everybody else too.

Quotes by Ian Brown

I wasn't on stage to be worshipped or for people to look up to me. I was with the crowd.

Quotes by Ian Brown

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.

Quotes by Ian Fleming

We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.

Quotes by Ian Gomez

A 'philosophical dictionary' is not a dictionary of philosophy that you use to look up obscure thinkers or recondite terms. It is a collection of brief and pithy essays on diverse topics, informed by one vision, and usually arranged in...

Quotes by Ian Hacking

I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese.

Quotes by Iain Banks

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.