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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.

I know I can't eat whatever I want and look the way I want, so you need to work for it. I give credit to Pilates and my parents' good genes.

Quotes by Genesis Rodriguez

If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being.

Quotes by Gene Hackman

Things danced on the screen do not look the way they do on the stage. On the stage, dancing is three-dimensional, but a motion picture is two-dimensional.

Quotes by Gene Kelly

If 'Trek' is a hit, we'd love to do a series of films - a regular event. Look at James Bond's films. They've been around since the early sixties.

Quotes by Gene Roddenberry

When they put out the sales brochure when we eventually went to series, they carefully rounded Spock's ears and made him look human so he wouldn't scare off potential advertisers.

Quotes by Gene Roddenberry

I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.

Quotes by Gene Simmons

When you look at Clark Kent when he's working at the Daily Planet, he's a reporter. He doesn't fly through the air in his glasses and his suit.

Quotes by Gene Simmons

You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look.

Quotes by Gelsey Kirkland

It's interesting for me to always make myself look very different.

Quotes by Gemma Arterton

The industry is quite chauvinistic generally. Expectations of women, girls, what they should look like, how they should be, what they should say, what they should wear, how their hair should be, what colour their skin should be.

Quotes by Gemma Arterton

I don't want to be about the way I look - my body, my hair, my makeup, all those boring things.

Quotes by Gemma Arterton

I don't colour my hair, and I look like the back end of a bus, so I get asked to play old people.

Quotes by Gemma Jones

When you head on out to the Moon, in very short order, and you get a chance to look back at the Earth, that horizon slowly curves around in upon himself, and all of sudden you're looking at something that...

Quotes by Gene Cernan

Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.

Quotes by Gavin Rossdale

Look realistically at espionage thrillers again. They're not only alive, readers are excited about them.

Quotes by Gayle Lynds

I sometimes get starstruck when I meet people who I didn't necessarily know what they look like, like directors or DPs, if I'm a huge fan of theirs.

Quotes by Gayle Rankin

When people can't feed their children, nothing else positive happens. You don't have to look farther than the United States to see that.

Quotes by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Look at television and how comparatively few minorities are out there.

Quotes by Gedde Watanabe

Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office.

Quotes by Geena Davis

If you are not strong from inside you can never look beautiful from outside.

Quotes by Geeta Phogat

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.