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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 recognize very much in Hopper that it does look like the United States; it looks like the 30's and my first impressions of everything, all of which I have to deal with and which gets mixed up in my...

Quotes by Donald Judd

You're only dealing with whatever you know, which is a very small part of it and later on it'll look like it has something to do with the period. Obviously, the artists have something to do with one another. They...

Quotes by Donald Judd

There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and thats how I look at efficency.

Quotes by Donald Knuth

I always look back and say I should have made more. It should have been more lucrative, but it wasn't.

Quotes by Donald Dunn

When I was a kid, I used to look in the mirror and pretend I was Elvis.

Quotes by Donald Dunn

I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again.

Quotes by Donald E. Westlake

I have a critical nature, in the sense that when I look at something I often look for the flaws.

Quotes by Donald Fagen

I like the way I look in a suit, and I wish I owned more. Actually, I wish I owned suits that fit me, I should say. You can buy off the rack and think, 'Oh, this is perfect.' But...

Quotes by Donald Faison

It's pretty easy in theatre. The comedy's either physical or verbal, and you're looking at the whole frame at once. But TV executives want close-ups. I keep telling them to look at Preston Sturges' movies. He'll do a whole scene...

Quotes by Don Scardino

Leadership is happening, but it's not coming from the leaders of the old institutions. Everywhere you look, you see these extraordinary, sparkling new initiatives that are under way.

Quotes by Don Tapscott

I always liked to put on a tie. The more you look like an executive, the better treated you are. It catches people by surprise.

Quotes by Don Wright

Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.

Quotes by Don Henley

Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.

Quotes by Don Knotts

You go to Brooklyn, everybody's got a beard and plaid shirt. They may be able to tell each other apart, but they all look alike to me.

Quotes by Don Lemon

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.

Quotes by Don Nickles

When you look at other countries that are developing the capabilities and the technology to deploy missiles of very significant destructive capability with nuclear, chemical, or biological warheads, then the MAD dogma makes even less sense.

Quotes by Don Nickles

I think if you were to look at my resume in total you would see a lot of things that are kind of all over the map.

Quotes by Don Cheadle

Look, I like to fantasize that there's more to reality than what we have here, and that's why, from a young age, I just loved Philip K. Dick's books.

Quotes by Don Coscarelli

When I look back at this career I've had, I don't know where it goes from here, but certainly any time I can make a movie that's different, that explores something that's not a retread of something else, I'm interested...

Quotes by Don Coscarelli

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

Quotes by Don DeLillo

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.