Keen Quotes

330 Keen quotes by 284 unique authors

I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear,… — Sonia Sotomayor
Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to speak. — Dan Stevens
I am a big fan of smelly cheeses but the rest of the family don't seem to be particularly keen on them. — Johnny Vegas
I'm just very keen to have a family and both Catherine and I, you know, are looking forward to having a family in the future. — Prince William
I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women. — Romola Garai
Fear not, nor be dismayed at the appearance that is darkness, at the disguise that is evil, at the empty cloak that is death, for… — Richard Bach
Monday morning and there's one less donut than there should be. Keen observers note the reduced mass straightaway but stay silent, because saying, 'Hey, is… — Max Barry
Some discouragement, some faintness of heart at the new real future which replaces the imaginary, is not unusual, and we do not expect people to… — George Eliot
The curse of mortality. You spend the first portion of your life learning, growing stronger, more capable. And then, through no fault of your own,… — Brandon Mull
There are disappointments which wring us, and there are those which inflict a wound whose mark we bear to our graves. Such are so keen… — Thomas Hardy
truthfully, this is the fabric of all my fantasies: love shown not by a kiss or a wild look or a careful hand but by… — Elizabeth McCracken
I have had my dance with Folly, nor do I shirk the blame; I have sipped the so-called Wine of Life and paid the price… — Eugene O'Neill
Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion! — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
People know, or dimly feel, that if thinking is not kept pure and keen, and if respect for the world of mind is no longer… — Hermann Hesse
Although not a very old man, I have yet lived a great deal in my life, and I have known sorrow too bitter and joy… — Theodore Roosevelt
Thus also every keen pleasure is an error and an illusion, for no attained wish can give lasting satisfaction. — Arthur Schopenhauer
We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left. One of the main things I was taught from this was not… — Stephen Hawking
I'll tell you one thing about me, and that is that I'm not to keen on being bossed around. If, say, my Mom tells me… — Deb Caletti
We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity. — H.G. Wells
Emily suffers no more from pain or weakness now. She will never suffer more in this world. She is gone after a hard, short conflict...Yes… — Charlotte Bronte
Sudden Light I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell,… — Dante Gabriel Rossetti
I am fifty years old and I have never known what it is to love. I can write those words, know them to be true,… — P.D. James
This must be a real horrorshow film if you're so keen on my viddying it. — Anthony Burgess
Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut… — Sylvia Plath
who knows if the moon's a balloon,coming out of a keen city in the sky--filled with pretty people? ( and if you and I should… — E E Cummings

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