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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.

When you play a doctor, you have to look like you can do it but you don't actually go and do it. It's not like you learn how to cut open somebody and go do surgery. You have to think...

Quotes by Carrie-Anne Moss

I have no major regrets. I've made the conscious decision not to look at life that way. I always try to learn something - to take something away from the situation.

Quotes by Carrie-Anne Moss

I like ungroomed men. The relaxed look. I don't like fussy guys. Just shower and use deodorant.

Quotes by Caroline Winberg

There are so many tough opponents out there and tough competitors so I've never liked to look ahead.

Quotes by Caroline Wozniacki

You can't dwell in your past but move forward, look forward. That's it.

Quotes by Caroline Wozniacki

I look for someone who is honest, fun to be around, and doesn't take himself too seriously.

Quotes by Caroline Wozniacki

You can exaggerate with puppets. You're not trying to look like real people. The way the Muppets are designed is really appealing. Puppets are best if they're exaggerated creatures.

Quotes by Caroll Spinney

I wrote poetry off and on in high school, when I could manage to get out of gym classes and sports - using my allergies as an excuse - and climb the hill behind school till I found a nice...

Quotes by Carolyn Kizer

The first real Cassini image that brought tears to my eyes was an image of Jupiter. I didn't expect it to look so detailed.

Quotes by Carolyn Porco

The reasons why images are so primal and people immediately relate to it is that we are exquisitely engineered to interpret information that is arrayed in two dimensions. That's our eyesight. That's how our eye-brain system works. So it immediately...

Quotes by Carolyn Porco

We can have fun speculating about why things are the way they are but don't look to science to provide any answers.

Quotes by Carolyn Porco

Whenever I open a book about jazz, I turn to the index and look for Lennie Tristano, the incredible pianist; Lee Konitz, the luminous alto sax player; and Warne Marsh, the tenor player who captured some of the most beautiful...

Quotes by Carolyn See

Mum and dad would drive me to the ACT Academy of Sport gym at 5 A.M., sit in the car and read a book, and then drive me to school. I appreciated it when I was younger, but I didn't...

Quotes by Caroline Buchanan

I really didn't even have time to get that many lessons, to be honest, because I was suddenly on the road. I was kind of thrown in the deep end. But that wasn't a bad thing when I look back...

Quotes by Caroline Corr

I do like to look at female drummers, because I am one.

Quotes by Caroline Corr

I just love the storyline, I thought it was hilarious - I loved that part when we opened the door, we all look ahead and we have to look down and see that we're actually dealing with this little boy...

Quotes by Caroline Dhavernas

I've always had a job. I left home when I was 16, and you have to look after yourself.

Quotes by Caroline Flack

I'd much rather be known for what I do than what I look like.

Quotes by Caroline Flack

We all have relationships - I've had relationships in my past, and I don't look back on them and think, 'That was a mistake.'

Quotes by Caroline Flack

The most important thing that I did was to actually take the time to sit down every month and do a review of what I spent and look at it objectively.

Quotes by Caroline Ghosn

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.