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Looking Quotes

What you're looking for says a lot about you.

This set gathers quotes built around the idea of looking - artists scanning other artists for inspiration, someone describing the feeling of watching a scene from outside it, and calls to find people with real track records worth following. For more on staying open to new influence, see our Like Quotes page.

Grain isn't structured like a screen door that you're looking through, but pixels are. Film-based grain is just all over the place, one frame totally different from the next. So your edges are coolly sharp and have a different feeling,...

Quotes by Greg MacGillivray

I know I don't throw very hard anymore, but I'd like to think I can still hurt a guy who's not looking.

Quotes by Greg Maddux

I have some pride in the things I've done, but I'm pretty hard on myself. Part of looking at my old work is to motivate me to try harder.

Quotes by Greg Mottola

I'm really looking forward to getting back and winning some matches but I'm not thinking about the U.S. Open yet, just getting through my first match.

Quotes by Greg Rusedski

People are doing what they can these days and looking for creative ways to sell music.

Quotes by Greg Laswell

I'm losing my hair. I'm overweight. It's not like that's at the top of the list when women go looking for a man. It's like - complete collapse, every year.

Quotes by Graydon Carter

Cod is more responsible for the discovery of the New World than almost anything else. Drove the Vikings across the North Atlantic, and John Cabot discovered America by looking for cod.

Quotes by Graydon Carter

What has happened is that to some degree they have taken an attitude where they don't listen to demos of diverse subject matters. They're looking for demos like the record the guy on the left just did.

Quotes by Grandmaster Flash

I'm looking forward to the new adventure. Playing in the Premier League was always my dream, and I'm definitely going to relish this opportunity and give my absolute everything for this club.

Quotes by Granit Xhaka

'Glee' found me. I didn't really go looking for it.

Quotes by Grant Gustin

We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing.

Quotes by Graham Nash

My wife Mariana is a good photographer too and, like me, she just picks up a camera and takes a picture when she sees something, rather than looking too deeply into it.

Quotes by Graeme Le Saux

I don't think anybody is looking at Mario Balotelli and thinking 'I'm going to work as hard as him.'

Quotes by Graeme Souness

Record labels and producers are not looking to change you: they are looking to make a star. And what they might think is a star may not be you.

Quotes by Grace VanderWaal

Back when I was looking for my next step and was researching Gannett, I was interested in who was leading the various businesses within the organization: Are there a lot of women and minorities in important, operational roles, senior management...

Quotes by Gracia Martore

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

Quotes by Gore Vidal

Looking back fondly, I think the first gig we did with the electronic stuff was really exciting because it was in this tiny club, like an Elizabethan building with beams.

Quotes by Grace Chatto

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

Quotes by Gordon Ramsay

The outlines of the needed psychology of becoming can be discovered by looking within ourselves; for it is knowledge of our own uniqueness that supplies the first, and probably the best, hints for acquiring orderly knowledge of others.

Quotes by Gordon W. Allport

This is the story, this is your character, I have the sense of the landscape, I have the sense of the scene, I have all that stuff. But I'm also looking for something else to happen, an accident or something....

Quotes by Gore Verbinski

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'looking' mean across these quotes?
It covers several senses of the word: looking in from the outside culturally, looking to other artists for inspiration, looking for love, and looking for determined leaders to join a cause.
Is there a quote about feeling like an outsider?
Yes. One speaker describes understanding "that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally," reflecting on their own experience. For similar quotes about identity, see I Am quotes.
Is there a quote about finding creative inspiration?
Yes - one artist says they're "always looking at other artists and trying to get inspired by different things," describing an ongoing habit of drawing ideas from other creators. Check out Always quotes for more on that theme.
Is there a quote about love?
Yes. One quote suggests you don't have to go looking for love "when it's where you come from" - framing love as something rooted in origin rather than something to search for. For more, browse Like quotes.
Is there a quote about recruiting leaders?
Yes - one speaker talks about looking for people who have "demonstrated that they are leaders" with real track records of achievement, as part of building a larger group of determined people. For more upbeat quotes, see Good quotes.

Some entries here are about romantic searching, others about spotting talent or leadership before anyone else does. Continue exploring with Good Quotes or I Am Quotes.