L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Look at the moon. How strange the moon seems! She is like a woman rising from a tomb. She is like a dead woman. One might fancy she was looking for dead things.”
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest
“Look at the mother of Washington! She raised a boy that could not tell a lie--could not tell a lie! But he never had any chance. It might have been different if he had belonged to the Washington Newspaper Correspondents' Club”
Source: Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition)
“Look at the mountains. Look at the oceans! No one else can change the oceans into mountains and no one can change mountains into oceans because the work of God’s hands is the greatest.”
Source: Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration
“Look at the Native American culture. They revere the elders.”
“Look at the NBA players back when Magic and Kareem played in the early 80's with the short shorts, look at what Michael looked like when he first came in the league compared to when he left. Every sport evolves. Every sport gets bigger and more athletic, and you have to keep up.”
“Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office.”
“Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.”
“Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.”
Source: Plutus (Sparklesoup Classics)
“Look at the other side of things even if you know you'll never agree. It creates empathy.”
“Look at the ozone story. As long as it was the southern hemisphere that was being threatened, there was very little talk about it. When it was discovered in the north, very quickly actions were taken to do something about it. Right now there's discussion of putting serious effort into developing a malaria vaccine, because global warming might extend malaria to the rich countries, so something should be done about it.”
“Look at the paintings of Picasso. He is a great painter, but just a subjective artist. Looking at his paintings, you will start feeling sick, dizzy, something going berserk in your mind. You cannot go on looking at Picasso's painting long enough. You would like to get away, because the painting has not come from a silent being. It has come from a chaos. It is a by product of a nightmare. But ninety-nine percent art belongs to that category.”
“Look at the Paris Commune. That was the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.”
Source: Writings on the Paris Commune
“Look at the parts the Oscar-nominated actresses played this year: hooker, hooker, hooker, hooker, and nun.”
“Look at the pattern this seashell makes. The dappled whorl, curving inward to infinity. That's the shape of the universe itself. There's constant pressure, pushing towards pattern. A tendency in matter to evolve into ever more complex forms. It's a kind of pattern gravity, a holy greening power we call 'Viriditas' and it is the driving force in the cosmos. Life, you see.”
Source: Green Mars
“Look at the people who are coming to television Ridley Scott, Ang Lee or Guillermo del Toro - all these great filmmakers - actively put themselves back into TV. That's because the environment is very encouraging for bold storytelling, storytelling that you've never seen before.”
“Look at the people who are kind of the funniest cultures, they're the cultures of the people who have been the most oppressed, black people and Jews. Not that they're the only funny people, but culturally, it comes from the pain, you know?”
“Look at the people who review. Look at their commitment to being "right" and "safe". If I had listened to my critics I would have given up years ago.”
“Look at the people you don't love and see them as an exercise for you to open your heart.”
“Look at the piano. You'll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you'll be able to make whatever kind of music you want.”
“Look at the picture, Emma. Do you see his expression? He looks like he’s been waiting his whole life to find you and suddenly there you are.”
Source: Wrecked
“Look at the places where no one looks at; and so you can see the things no one sees!”
“Look at the political base of the Democratic Party: It is single mothers who run a household. Why? Because it's so tough economically that they look to the government for help and therefore they're going to vote. So if you want to reduce the Democratic advantage, what you want to do is build two parent families, you eliminate that desire for government.”
“Look at the posture of prayer. It is the posture of slavery, of bowing before your master. We are a proudly rebellious country. We kicked out the master. Now here comes the government telling us to humbly bow again.”
“Look at the potential for America. Look at the direction we've been going. Look at the direction we need to go.”
“Look at the problems in your life. Ask yourself, 'What kind of thoughts am I having that create this?'”
“Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have.”
“Look at the Quakers - they were excellent business people that never lied, never stole; they cared for their employees and the community which gave them the wealth. They never took more money out than they put back in.”
“Look at the queen of beauty! the moon greets her when she walk in the blue night.”
“Look at the rain long enough, with no thoughts in your head, and you gradually feel your body falling loose, shaking free of the world of reality. Rain has the power to hypnotize.”
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
“Look at the rainbow, it is made up of different colors, yet they do not split, because they know how beautiful they are when they stick together.”
Source: Song of a Nature Lover
“Look at the reactions of liberal governments to the surveillance revelations during the last years. In the United States, we've got this big debate, but we've got official paralysis - because they're the ones who had their hand caught most deeply in the cookie jar.”
“Look at the real prodigies, and I look like nothing compared to them.”
“Look at the reputation they gave him. [Giordano] Bruno without the pyre is a whiskey priest laying waste to the maids of Umbria.”
“Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.”
“Look at The Rock's competition! Look at him! It looks like a big monkey came down here, took a crap, and out came Mankind!”
“Look at the scope of writers who sell stuff. I'm at the very top of the power curve in terms of sales.”
“Look at the score at the end of the #game.”
“Look at the screws on the railways, even one of them is important, even one of them can change the fate of the train! There are such screws in your life, they are very small, but they carry the potential to have a huge impact on your destiny!”
“Look at the shadows, they look like real people; and look at the people, they look like real shadows!”
“Look at the single words below; wear these emotions on your face for just a moment. Try them on for size and note how they make you feel:
Happiness. Fear. Anger. Sadness. Contempt. Surprise. Disgust.
These are the basic human emotions which communicate with clear understanding across cultures, languages, and countries. In other words, a smile naturally conveys happiness and a frown naturally conveys sadness, no matter where you may be using your passport.”
Source: The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact
“Look at the size of the universe and look at what we're discovering about string theory. There's a wide-eyed sense of we're just getting started here.”
“Look at the sky, look at the moon. Look where we are right now. Isn’t it easier if we don’t even know and don’t even worry. There’s a sad-side to every-story. Isn’t easier if we don’t even know, and we don’t even worry.”
“Look at the sky. Ask yourselves: Has the sheep eaten the flower, yes or no? And you will see how everything changes.”
“Look at the sky. Does its sapphire hue dim when you take a single breath? Are the stars drawn closer when you weep? The sky cannot be diminished so. Thus it is with the spirit: it is a thing without beginning or end.”
“Look at the sky. It’s not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there: lighter blue and blowing through the blues and blackness the winds swirling through the air and then shining, burning, bursting through: the stars! And you see how they roar their light. Everywhere we look, the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.”
“Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.”
“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass them on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you.”
Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
“Look at the snow, the woman was saying to the child. The snow absolves Vienna of its sins. The snow falls on Vienna while the missiles rain on Tel Aviv.”
Source: The Secret Servant
“Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment.”
Source: Collected Works
“Look at the stars. It won't fix the economy. It won't stop wars. It won't give you flat abs, or even help you figure out your relationship. But it's important. It helps you to remember that you and your problems are both infinitesimally small and conversely, that you are a piece of an amazing and vast universe.”