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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 grew up watching MTV, so it's very surreal to me to think that there might be someone out there watching MTV, looking at us the way I used to look at Davis Madonna and Duran Duran videos.

Quotes by Davey Havok

People do get ridiculed for liking us or because they look the way they do and they're a part of what we do.

Quotes by Davey Havok

When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school.

Quotes by Dave Lombardo

I try not to look back on my career.

Quotes by Dave Madden

I wish I could look back and say, 'OK here was a T.V. show or a movie that I thought was so perfect for me', or, 'I did such a good job that if I died tomorrow at least I...

Quotes by Dave Madden

When I look back, I think I just never got the opportunity to play every day.

Quotes by Dave Martinez

When I look at how fortunate I've been, being a musician... my response to being overpaid is that I should pay it back to my community in some way.

Quotes by Dave Matthews

We look to our leaders once we elect them to either lead us in the right direction or at least not crush us.

Quotes by Dave Matthews

I'm from a very politically and socially conscious family. My mother always made a point of making us look at what was going on around us and take stock of our part in it.

Quotes by Dave Matthews

I do still get shocked every once in a while when I catch my reflection when I'm walking past a glass building, but it's in my mind about getting older and finding out what I'm going to look like as...

Quotes by Dave Matthews

When a medium like games or comic books whips up such a rapture of enthusiasm, naturally we look for lessons we should be learning.

Quotes by Dave Morris

I've been online long enough to know if I don't like the first results I get, I go look for more.

Quotes by Dave deBronkart

Where I'm from in Harlem, everybody look like a rapper.

Quotes by Dave East

The only thing that everyone needs to look out for is keeping the students reading through high school and thereafter.

Quotes by Dave Eggers

I think readers are always patient. Look at the 'Harry Potter' series. Some have given up on this generation of kids as game and TV addicts, but lots of people spend lots of time patiently reading through hundreds of pages...

Quotes by Dave Gibbons

Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture.

Quotes by Dave Grohl

When you're looking for a band name, I know it sounds weird, but everything you look at, everything you observe and read, you kind of think, 'Man, maybe that could be our band name.'

Quotes by Dave Haywood

In the years when teenagers really need to be connected to somebody, they aren't; especially in small towns where kids are bored and look for something to get them going.

Quotes by Dash Mihok

You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one.

Quotes by Dashiell Hammett

The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.

Quotes by Dave Barry

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.