Keen Quotes

330 Keen quotes by 284 unique authors

I've always had a keen sense of history. My father was an antiques dealer and he used to bring home boxes full of treasures, and… — Sara Sheridan
I’m not too keen on talking. I always have the feeling that the words are getting away from me, escaping and scattering. It’s not to… — Delphine de Vigan
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love. — Thomas Merton
Even the most astute chefs seek out the assistance of Celine Labaune, owner of Gourmet Attitude, because they know they can rely on her keen… — Thomas Keller
I am willing to admit that some people might live there for years, or even a lifetime, so protected that they never sense the sweet… — Thomas Merton
Katherine it was who took upon herself the complete charge of [Junior's] speech. Not an insignificant "have went" nor an infinitesimal "I seen" ever escaped… — Bess Streeter Aldrich
If only I am keen and hard like the sheer tip of a wedge Driven by invisible blows, The rock will split, we shall come… — D. H. Lawrence
Deeply in love with you, I feel the keen pain of your absence. — Laura Ramirez
Death is by no means separate from life. . . . We all interact with death every day, tasting it as we might a wine,… — Eugene Kennedy
Many (Christians) have zeal without knowledge, enthusiasm without enlightenment. In more modern jargon, they are keen but clueless. — John Stott
There is a field where all wonderful perfections of microscope and telescope fail, all exquisite niceties of weights and measures, as well as that which… — Edith Hamilton
Live each day as if it were your last, and you’ll develop a keen respect for opportunity. — Napoleon Hill
There is no worse material poverty, I am keen to stress, than the poverty which prevents people from earning their bread and deprives them of… — Pope Francis
It is interesting how keen people are for you to do something they would never dream of doing themselves, how enthusiasticall y they drive you… — Rachel Cusk
I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like. — Judi Dench
I'm not really keen on men wearing perfumes. It's just a bit wrong! I don't find it sexy. I prefer essential oils - patchouli is… — Eva Green
If the script grabs me and appeals to me, I'm really very keen to work on it. — Hugo Weaving
It's a real pleasure to go to work when you're in the most extraordinary surroundings, and working with people who are young and interested and… — Hugo Weaving
In these days of intellectual awakening and steadily asserting public opinion, the holy places of the Hindus, their condition, and method of work have not… — Swami Vivekananda
Daffy-down-dilly came up in the cold, Through the brown mould Although the March breeze blew keen on her face, Although the white snow lay in… — Anna Bartlett Warner
When a man’s heart is right with God the mysterious utterances of the Bible are spirit and life to him. Spiritual truth is discernible only… — Oswald Chambers
I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks. — Fay Godwin
I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled. — Lord Mountbatten
The soul of the just man is but a paradise, in which, God tells us, He takes His delight. What do you imagine, must that… — Teresa of Avila
When you're not used to comfort and good things to eat, you're intoxicated by them in no time. Truth's only too pleased to leave you.… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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