A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn’t there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

I’m always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue.

You look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it’s death.

I’m looking to see what the bigger picture is.

State constitutions typically provide that the state first has to service its debt, then make it pension payments, and then pay for services. What we don’t know is whether that order will be enforced. And...

You have to listen to adversaries and keep looking for that point beyond which it’s against their interests to keep on disagreeing or fighting.

The interesting thing about advertising is that the things that annoy us sometimes about it are really human. It’s us looking at ourselves – and like all human endeavors it’s imperfect.

When you talk about avant-garde cuisine, the surprise factor is really important. For example, I love looking at blogs and the photos, but I’m not that keen on other people taking photos of my dishes.

Inspiration doesn’t really work like that – you’re not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it.

My man has to be more intelligent than I am, which is difficult to find. He should definitely be more successful than me, which is not so difficult to find. I’d be a fool to...

I like to believe we’re always looking to evolve as writers.

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to...

I never thought I would get such a perfect role in ‘Modern Family.’ A lot of TV shows now are looking for more Latin women.

To be a writer you have to be out in the world, you have to risk yourself in the world, you have to be immersed in the world, you have to go out looking for...

Quit looking for the answers outside of yourself.

I used to be so intimidated by spin classes. I’d always go by and see people on their bikes looking so intense. But one day my sister and I worked up the courage to go...

A lot of people live in fear because they haven’t figured out how you’re going to react when faced with a certain set of circumstances. I’ve come to terms with this by looking deeply into...

I’m one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I’m waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.

I like to win, I like to compete and I like to sack the quarterback. I imagine there’s a team out there looking for that.

I think most writers feel like they’re on the outside looking in much of the time. All of us feel, to a certain extent, alienated from the stuff going on around us.

I think Americans are – particularly, independent voters are looking at Washington, and they see too many taxes, too much spending, too much debt, too many Washington takeovers, and they want to provide a check...

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

You know, I don’t mind dying. The thing that pisses me off is that I won’t get to be an old man. I was looking forward to that.

I think what they’re looking for is for us to keep our promises and to do the simple things, like cutting spending and being responsible.

I pray Cardiff get back to the Premier League. If I sell Cardiff, I will buy another club in the U.K. I have a club in Sarajevo. The fans are fantastic. The people who run...

I understand there are a lot of people looking up to me.

If people are looking forward to my films, then I am happy, and I must be doing something right.

I’m not pretty. The truth is I didn’t think I could be a model at all. I was looking at some of the guys on the walls at Irene Marie and I thought to myself...

I’m not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman – not unless she is looking for new images.

The media is looking every season for a designer to tell a story. I have a long story I have to tell, continuing fluently year after year.

The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.

I was a fashion assistant. I bought the fabric. I made sure that everything was smooth in the workroom. And I scrambled all over London on the Tube looking for buttons. It was great.

I left Venezuela looking for something bigger. I wanted to be an international star.

When you’re on TV, you’re looking at a half-page of material, trying to memorize it really quickly. By the time it’s on TV, I’ve already forgotten what I said, but I can still recite my...

I never thought about becoming a professional singer, but I am in touch with Bono about releasing a musical movie. It will be about an Irish band during the ’70s who are looking for fortune...

America is looking for answers. She’s looking for a new direction; the world is looking for a light. That light can come from America’s great North Star; it can come from Alaska.

All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man’s guru.

When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something.

The band feels loose in all the right ways, and it’s just so cool looking out and seeing all of these people that I haven’t seen in a while.

The loneliness is when you pick up and move, even if you are not originally from that place, and you have some memories that you want to embrace. Having a life in transit, I feel...

A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style.

All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they’re about dead people. Paintings you don’t think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I’m looking at...

I was never too much into school. I liked lunchtimes and breaks, but nah, I hated sitting at a desk. I was always looking out of the window, looking at my watch, thinking about when...

Try your best… Do your best… Sow the best and reap the best! The best is right in you… Don’t hide it and give out the worst. We are looking right up to you!

I try to travel as much as I can… I’m always looking for a reason to.

when we conceive an idea, we don’t just look anymore but we see. People without a well defined vision look; men with a focused purpose look and they see.

Jobs are critically important, but looking at economic change through the impact on jobs has always been a difficult way to think about economic progress.

With Betaworks’ drive and resources now behind it, I’m confident that Instapaper has a very bright future. I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do.

Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward.