Keen Quotes

330 Keen quotes by 284 unique authors

I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second. — Jack Dee
I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent. — Daniel Day-Lewis
At the moment I'm enjoying a new challenge at the Royal Opera House, but I'm also keen to pursue my interest in television and particularly… — Deborah Bull
I think over there in Montreal they're a bit hardcore with the old homos. They're not that keen on them. — Allen Carr
I have got instincts that, I think, are very much in tune with people's very keen sense to see something different. I did not dream… — Nick Clegg
I'm obviously very keen on the theater and I think it's inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got dramatic elements which… — Peter Maxwell Davies
I'm not keen on cars and motorbikes. I tried to be a biker, but it wasn't me - I bought a Harley-Davidson and dumped it. — Colin Farrell
I guess I've played a lot of failures, which is a Huston quality, I guess. I love losers, though, and have never met anyone who… — Danny Huston
Most British people are keen to remain in a European free trade zone; and most EU states are keen to keep us there, because we… — Daniel Hannan
My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to… — Rob James-Collier
Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down? — William Shakespeare
There is a wilder solitude in winter When every sense is pricked alive and keen. — May Sarton
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight! — Alexander Pope
The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips, Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair; The Grecian gods are like the Greeks, As keen-eyed, cold and fair. — Walter Bagehot
One of the things called forth by the Imagist movement in poetry was neatness; and when we say keenness, we mean neatness. A knife that… — Eli Siegel
There's good directors and bad directors. Some of the critics are really conscientious and really try to do what they can popularize the work or… — Peter Bogdanovich
Luck is always waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, always turns up something. Luck lies in bed and… — Richard Cobden
I was very keen on playing a victim. — Clive Owen
Shelley was an idol of mine -- and many -- an extraordinary woman with powerful charisma, enormous talent and a keen, perceptive mind. — Connie Stevens
Many South Africans qualify for working visas in the UK and are keen to experience working and living overseas. However, more and more young people… — Susan Harris
Ambition is vital, but dangerous: it is a keen motive and a driving force, but over what edge can it drive the artist? — Eric Maisel
But whatever you do, take neither yourselves nor your fellow-creatures too seriously. There is tragedy enough in our daily routine, but there is room too… — William Osler
It is not the delicate neurotic person who is prone to angina, but the robust, the vigorous in mind and body, the keen and ambitious… — William Osler
I know different ways of looking at things. I have my stockholders, and I feel a very keen responsibility to the shareholders, but I feel… — Walt Disney
There never has been devised, and there never will be devised, any law which will enable a man to succeed save by the exercise of… — Theodore Roosevelt

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