Keen Quotes

330 quotes by 291 authors

Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend… — Teresa of Avila
I guess I'm a very keen observer, and I'd like to think I have a good imagination. — Eric Bana
I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower. — Banksy
If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen to do it.… — Roger Bannister
It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. — Samuel Adams
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is… — Ezra Taft Benson
Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion. — John Burroughs
A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all,… — Samuel Butler
Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better. — Winston Churchill
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We are keen to stress that a strong euro zone is good for a strong United Kingdom. It's not for us to write the changes… — Nick Clegg
A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes. — Sam Abell
I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone… — Ian Anderson
A clever general... avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the… — Sun Tzu
To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say, is a keen observer of life. The word Intellectual suggests straight away. A man who's untrue to… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I ate breakfast in the kitchen by candle-light, and then drove the five miles to the station through the most glorious October colouring. The sun… — Jean Webster
I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective. — John Wooden
During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what should be changed… — Peter Drucker
If man were relieved of all superstition, and all prejudice, and had replaced these with a keen sensitivity to his real environment, and moreover had… — Robert Breault
Sciences usually advances by a succession of small steps, through a fog in which even the most keen-sighted explorer can seldom see more than a… — James Jeans

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