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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.

People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.

Quotes by Gordon B. Hinckley

People seem to be looking for discipline in a topsy-turvy world.

Quotes by Gordon B. Hinckley

Somebody who knows what they're doing, who has a good track record, they come across as very articulate, bright and looking for a challenge - that's absolutely my kind of hire.

Quotes by Gordon Bethune

Let's forget a little about the 19th century and start looking at the 21st century.

Quotes by Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada

Real government is about looking beyond the vested to the national interest, setting up the necessary conditions to enable the next, more enabled and more empowered generation to achieve a country as prosperous, a people as content, as ours deserve...

Quotes by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

Quotes by Gloria Steinem

Moms are always looking for content that's clean and fun - and that you don't mind watching over and over.

Quotes by GloZell

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.

Quotes by Glenn Close

Art points to things. It's a way of giving people not the standard way of looking at the world.

Quotes by Glenn Ligon

When I was a teenager, I had pimples - oh, God, every time someone looked at my face I thought they were looking at my pimples. I put mud on my face to dry them out, and it worked.

Quotes by Gisele Bundchen

Skilling is one area where some researchers are looking at outcomes and finding that while there are lots of people who are joining and completing skilling programmes, it is not getting fully translated into getting and keeping jobs. We need...

Quotes by Gita Gopinath

We are really looking at all of our options. I mean, listen, whether it's IVF or whatever it is, we want to have a baby and we will have a baby.

Quotes by Giuliana Rancic

Being an actor somehow can be a perverse extension of that feeling we generally all have as children, that feeling of wanting to please. Of course you're looking for affirmation, encouragement.

Quotes by Gina McKee

I want to make films with a broad scope; produced in Italy but looking at the world.

Quotes by Ginevra Elkann

Looking back at my life's voyage, I can only say that it has been a golden trip.

Quotes by Ginger Rogers

I don't consciously go out looking for themes. They attach themselves to me.

Quotes by Gillian Armstrong

You're always looking to have a unique experience as an actor, and definitely, being punched by a puppet ranks as a singular experience in my career.

Quotes by Gillian Jacobs

There are a few books I can recommend, but one you should read for sure is 'Do More Faster,' a book full of advice for young entrepreneurs. Looking back at the early days of Booking.com, I recognize a lot of...

Quotes by Gillian Tans

Using science to tell us what customers are looking for is second nature for us here.

Quotes by Gillian Tans

You can't go round looking like a rag.

Quotes by Gin Wigmore

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.