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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 tried to look around to see what I wanted to do. Football was something I knew the most about.

Quotes by Chuck Noll

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.

Quotes by Chuck Norris

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

Quotes by Chuck Palahniuk

I have close to 300 pairs of shoes. I'm fortunate enough to be in a position to get any shoes I want. So I have a pretty nice collection. It's pretty valuable. It's funny when sometimes I buy a pair...

Quotes by Chumlee

Besides, at 62 years old I look like I'm about 27.

Quotes by Chubby Checker

I want people to look at a checkerboard and think of me!

Quotes by Chubby Checker

A contract is an ask game, and if it asks for an hour, and I submit to an hour, then it's an hour. When I look at a contract, I look at the obligation - where, when, how long, the...

Quotes by Chuck Berry

My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.

Quotes by Chuck Berry

That's the misconceptions that people have, that Chuck Berry went to jail. They're just totally wrong. It might have said something in the large papers in the bigger city headlines and things. But, you take a look at any of...

Quotes by Chuck Berry

I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around.

Quotes by Chuck Close

What difference does it make whether you're looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.

Quotes by Chuck Close

A lot of times black folks look for love in all the wrong places. You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is trying to aim to...

Quotes by Chuck D

Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly.

Quotes by Chuck Daly

We've got to look at waste, fraud, and abuse across the board.

Quotes by Chuck Fleischmann

If you want a midget to look like a baby, don't put a cigar in his mouth.

Quotes by Chuck Jones

When I teach seminars, I tell people, 'Your stuff has to look like something that's out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.'

Quotes by Christopher Moore

When I look at a digitally acquired and projected image, it looks inferior against an original negative anamorphic print or an IMAX one.

Quotes by Christopher Nolan

Yeah, it's odd when you look back at your own work. Some filmmakers don't look back at their work at all. I look at my work a lot, actually. I feel like I learned something while looking at stuff I've...

Quotes by Christopher Nolan

I think a lot of directors over the years have cast me because they see something of another generation in me: you know, certain people look like they've come from the 19th century. Because I have classical background I suppose...

Quotes by Christopher Plummer

If we can provide even a fictional roadmap to what a successful, prosperous African nation might look like, then let's do that.

Quotes by Christopher Priest

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.