Keen Quotes

I'm in my 80s and not a keen television fan.

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.

If the script grabs me and appeals to me, I'm really very keen to work on it.

I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket.

One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing.

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 of being in politics since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. I was not involved in student politics, or not in that partisan way.

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 conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.

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, and I just sort of tagged along with them.

A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes.

If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen to do it. I loved the countryside.

I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen.

Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark.

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.