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title: "12 Means Looking Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Means Looking quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Means Looking sayings and thoughts."
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> [“It means looking out for your own interests. And, for how crazy life gets sometimes, that's a good policy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-tregay/it-means-looking-out-for-your-own-interests-and-for-how-crazy-life/)

[Sarah Tregay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-tregay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/sarah-tregay-21089_crazy-life_it-means-looking-out-for-your-own-intere_944089.jpg)

> [Discipline means looking beyond the appearance, beyond that which is visible and acknowledging one Infinite Cause.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-johnson/discipline-means-looking-beyond-the-appearance-beyond-that-which-is/)

[Tom Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/tom-johnson-45736_appearance_discipline-means-looking-beyond-the-appe_2863201.jpg)

> [“Love means always looking together in the same direction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-deir/love-means-always-looking-together-in-the-same-direction/)

[Linda Deir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-deir/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/linda-deir-42745_love_love-means-always-looking-together-in-th_1226267.jpg)

> [If a person continues to see giants, it means he is still looking at the world through the eyes of a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/if-a-person-continues-to-see-giants-it-means-he-is-still-looking-at/)

[Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/anais-nin-288_child_if-a-person-continues-to-see-giants-it-m_2707501.png)

> [Creating opportunities means looking where others are not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-cuban/creating-opportunities-means-looking-where-others-are-not/)

[Mark Cuban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-cuban/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/mark-cuban-889_creating_creating-opportunities-means-looking-whe_3162911.jpg)

> [“Re-search means look again, don't it? Means they're looking for something they found once and it got away somehow, and now they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/re-search-means-look-again-don-t-it-means-they-re-looking-for/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/kurt-vonnegut-41_looking_re-search-means-look-again-don-t-it-mean_2908262.jpg)

> [It means we're looking one way, while following another. We're for one side and also the other. We mean what we say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/it-means-we-re-looking-one-way-while-following-another-we-re-for-one/)

[Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7e/amy-tan-730_different_it-means-we-re-looking-one-way-while-fol_1295950.jpg)

> [To see color as form means looking at the image in a new way, trying to free oneself from absorption in subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cole-weston/to-see-color-as-form-means-looking-at-the-image-in-a-new-way-trying/)

[Cole Weston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cole-weston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/cole-weston-228912_absorption_to-see-color-as-form-means-looking-at-th_2777714.png)

> [... it's always interesting when one doesn't see. If you don't see what a thing means, you must be looking at it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agatha-christie/it-s-always-interesting-when-one-doesn-t-see-if-you-don-t-see-what-a/)

[Agatha Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agatha-christie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/agatha-christie-154_ifs_it-s-always-interesting-when-one-doesn-t_2508792.jpg)

> [Seeing, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, your intellect, and your emotions. It means encountering your subject matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-patterson/seeing-in-the-finest-and-broadest-sense-means-using-your-senses-your/)

[Freeman Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-patterson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/freeman-patterson-29426_discovering_seeing-in-the-finest-and-broadest-sense_1492704.jpg)

> [“Holding the cup of life means looking critically at what we are living. This requires great courage, because when we start looking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-j-m-nouwen/holding-the-cup-of-life-means-looking-critically-at-what-we-are/)

[Henri J.M. Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-j-m-nouwen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/henri-j-m-nouwen-4122_courage_holding-the-cup-of-life-means-looking-cr_1387241.jpg)

> [I am an artist... It's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/i-am-an-artist-it-s-self-evident-that-what-that-word-implies-is/)

[Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_i-am-an-artist-it-s-self-evident-that-wh_281980.jpg)

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