Staring Sayings and Quotes

We all know staring is considered rude, but at some point we all do it. When something or someone sparks our interest, we can’t help but to stop and stare. Below you’ll find a collection of wise and humorous quotes about staring.

They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God. Zora Neale Hurston
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Rabindranath Tagore
You can know who a person is simply by staring into their eyes. Shiloh Walker
It was like staring at a whitewashed wall, but without all the emotion. Joe Abercrombie
The gaze that sees is the gaze that dominates. Michel Foucault
There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you. Charles Bukowski
A stare is really nothing more than what you're thinking inside. Ray Liotta
Staring at the blue sky causes insomnia to occur in the human. Steven Magee
Life is becoming no more than staring at the screen. Tom Hodgkinson
You are an artist. The canvas is your life. Make something worth staring at. Cheryl Richardson
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is entrusted to them. Horace
Who is staring at the sea is already sailing a little. Paul Carvel
People will stare. Make it worth their while. Harry Winston
Sometimes facing opportunity is like staring at the knees of a giraffe. Laurie Beth Jones
It's best not to stare at the sun during an eclipse. Jeff Goldblum
Staring down hard truth takes guts. Joan Bauer
People who stare deserve the looks they get. Malcolm Forbes
If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you. Friedrich Nietzsche
Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long. Walker Evans
No matter how much you keep encouraging someone who is blindfolded to stare through the cloth, he still won’t see a thing. Franz Kafka
I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest. Frank Sinatra
Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face. Sydney Smith
It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. Vaclav Havel
The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention. Flannery O'Connor
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open. Alexander Graham Bell
Staring at the blank page before you, Open up the dirty window, Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find. Natasha Bedingfield
Concentration is not staring hard at something. It is not trying to concentrate. Timothy Gallwey
because we are always staring at the stars, we learn the shortness of our arms. Mary Roberts Rinehart
That little white ball is always staring back at you, daring you to make a mistake. Sam Snead
The end of a gun looks very big and very back when it's staring you in the face. Lilith Saintcrow