Keen Quotes

330 Keen quotes by 284 unique authors

I represent what is left of a vanishing race, and that is the pedestrian. That I am still able to be here, I owe to… — Will Rogers
For each ecstatic instant We must an anguish pay In keen and quivering ratio To the ecstasy. — Emily Dickinson
My dog doesn't like dogs, and I kind of get where she's coming from; I'm not too keen on people. — Steve Fowler
I am keen on helping Indian bowlers but I am not seeking a full-time role. But yes I am really keen on helping out pace… — Brett Lee
What a rare joy it is to linger in the lucid, transcendent worlds of Jennifer Maier's poems. In taut, precise language and lapidary images, Now,… — Rick Hilles
Be your strong and simple words Keen to wound as sharpened swords, And wide as targes let them be, With their shade to cover ye. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. Right from the start, I… — John Grisham
Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run. — Mason Cooley
I've never been keen on open adoption. It doesn't seem to solve the main problem with adoption, which is that somebody feels she was abandoned… — Joan Didion
If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's… — George Eliot
Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs. — Henry Ford
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. — Napoleon Hill
There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever. — Alfred Hitchcock
I'm not that keen on the idea of being unconscious. — Christopher Hitchens
If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game… — Anatoly Karpov
I'm not really keen on comebacks. Eurythmics was an incredible thing. When I look back on that work, I feel very satisfied with it. — Annie Lennox
I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer. — Annie Lennox
Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace. — Nelson Mandela
I did undergo hypnotherapy, and it didn't work! The guy couldn't put me under. I was very disappointed. I was very keen to be suggested,… — James McAvoy
I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write… — Freddie Mercury
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one… — Thomas Merton
I am not too keen on my nose, I don't like my knees, I hate my ankles, I am unsure about my behind, I don't… — Helen Mirren
I was a very keen reader of science fiction. — Terry Pratchett
After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull… — Helen Rowland
I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I… — Paul Simon

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