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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.

Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc.

Quotes by Guy Kawasaki

Coming from the U.S., you tend to look at one homogeneous market with 350 million people. But in Europe, every country has its own customs and laws.

Quotes by Guy Kawasaki

If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number.

Quotes by Guy Kawasaki

Bruno Mars. He is my favourite artist, and I always look forward to see him perform live.

Quotes by Guru Randhawa

I'm not really sure what I look for when I'm picking out clothes.

Quotes by Gus Dapperton

Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.

Quotes by Gustav Klimt

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Quotes by Gustave Flaubert

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.

Quotes by Gustave Flaubert

Indian films never show cows. When you go to India, the most noticeable thing is the cows. Everywhere you look, there's cows walking around! Just by introducing the idea of animals - livestock walking around - suddenly makes it more...

Quotes by Gurinder Chadha

On every movie I've done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don't envy them, at all.

Quotes by Griffin Dunne

I don't really want to just play the girlfriend or the love interest. I get so many scripts like that, and - not to moan, because I'm really fortunate - but I just look at those scripts, and my heart...

Quotes by Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I look for people who're passionate, dedicated to the text, and in whom I trust completely.

Quotes by Greta Scacchi

I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work.

Quotes by Greta Scacchi

No candidate dares to look for a new campaign model that could really enhance the democratic process. Instead we are left with the current one which makes our candidates look like hucksters.

Quotes by Greta Van Susteren

In an interview with a journalist, you look petty taking the pot shot but in a slick ad you can really do damage - including unfair damage - from afar. It is not that much different than waging a war...

Quotes by Greta Van Susteren

People were always able to look at Bettie Page and see what they needed her to be and she gave them that permission to do so. So in that way she's a feminist but I don't think she was ever...

Quotes by Gretchen Mol

I'm proud to be a Michigander, but I look around at the Michigan that my kids are growing up in and it doesn't look like the Michigan that I think of when I talk about my pride.

Quotes by Gretchen Whitmer

People want leaders they can look up to, who can solve problems and actually deliver results for our people.

Quotes by Gretchen Whitmer

Today, if you were to look at my CD collection, it might scare some people.

Quotes by Gretchen Wilson

It's a wonderful experience to look at our Earth.

Quotes by Gregory H. Johnson

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.