Keen Quotes

330 Keen quotes by 284 unique authors

Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation… — Cordell Hull
And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will… — Mary Church Terrell
The fabliau, then, is a short story that is a tall story. It combines a burly blurting of dirty words with a reveling in humiliations… — Christopher Ricks
It was sort of just a family sport. My mom and dad were pretty keen golfers when I was young and so were my grandparents,… — Karrie Webb
A woman once described a friend of hers as being such a keen listener that even the trees leaned toward her, as if they were… — Linda Hogan
Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to… — Octave Mirbeau
Our minds are all different and I believe cultivating a keen introspective sensitivity is absolutely essential in discovering our potential. — Joshua Waitzkin
Marcus Buckingham has a keen sense of what it takes to excel, and he backs his insights with an impressive body of in-depth interviews and… — Richard M. Kovacevich
I had no aspirations to become a landscape photographer at all. In fact it was portraiture that was my beginning, I suppose. I have always… — Fay Godwin
My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity. — Yahoo Serious
Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value. — Peter Bart
I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen. — Carson McCullers
I met a keen observer who gave me a tip: 'If you run across a restaurant where you often see priests eating with priests, or… — A J Liebling
...he who has seen the intimate beauty of nature cannot tear himself away from it again. He must become either a poet or a naturalist… — Konrad Lorenz
Natural phenomena undisturbed by man point the way to the realization of a new technique. One needs a keen sense of observation. We must understand… — Viktor Schauberger
We're not keen on the idea of the story sharing its valence with the reader. But the reader's own life "outside" the story changes the… — David Foster Wallace
Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark. — Audrey Meadows
Haie! Haie! These were the swift to harry; These the keen-scented; These were the souls of blood. Slow on the leash, pallid the leash-men! — Ezra Pound
I'm in my 80s and not a keen television fan. — Nigel Kneale
My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl. — Judi Dench
Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs. — H. L. Mencken
The one who obey's God's instruction for today will develop a keen awareness of His direction for tomorrow. — Lysa TerKeurst
People look at me as if I were some sort of monster, but I can't think why. In my macabre pictures, I have either been… — Peter Cushing
One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person. If a man is keen… — Rudyard Kipling
Horses are very keen on body language, and what I refer to as “presence”, and expression. They know quite a bit about you before you… — Buck Brannaman

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