Famous Quotes & Sayings

Arlen Specter

There is a keen interest in many quarters on concluding before Thanksgiving , and that's a fine target if it can be accomplished, ... But we're going to do it right. We're not going to do it fast.

Joseph Rykwert

I am all for greening tall buildings, but I'm also very keen to note that greening a building doesn't cope with the problem of the tall building in the texture of the city.

Jools Holland

I am a keen medievalist and like going around museums and ruins and finding out about the people and local culture. I'm not one for sitting by a pool or lying on a beach. I also like to sketch while I'm on holiday, if I have time.

We are extremely pleased to have the chairman of one of Nashville's oldest public companies joining our board. Hal's knowledge of this community, in addition to his keen business acumen, will serve Pinnacle and our shareholders well.

Andrew Demetriou

What we would have been keen to do is absorb and study the information pack before making any decision.

Dave Tippett

He's a crafty, keen player. Crafty in the way he goes about it on the ice and keen on the way he picks up things and reads plays.

He's keen to get involved in some capacity. We need to have a second team running next season and we feel that appointing a local lad like Lee will be best to help get things moving.

He's a very impressive young man who can play in various roles, so there is some keen interest there,

I am a very keen photographer. I have enjoyed taking pictures since I was a kid with my family, but I became more serious about it at university.

But we have the guys who are capable of doing the damage. We are looking forward to the game, it should be a crucial game... and we always have a keen game battle with Kingston, and Saturday should be no different.

Carol Bartz

(Bass) has a deep knowledge of the industry and the business as well as a keen understanding of our customers and the demands they face every day.

because they are so silly. Silly is quite a dangerous thing to be because you can fall flat on your face. And they sometimes did. But other times they were so daft it was wonderfully inspired and they certainly weren't safe. I'm not as keen on stand-ups as everyone else. That masquerades as being quite bold, but few are actually risky.

Chiang Kai-shek

China, with her five thousand years of history, her vast territory and her enormous population stands like a mountain peak among the nations of the world. Her contribution to the civilization of mankind is imperishable. She has been a keen lover of peace; she has had a deep respect for international justice.

Raul Gonzalez

I have a good chance of playing again in the short term. I see myself at the end of the season winning a title with Madrid and then playing in the World Cup, ... I'm feeling much better, happy given the circumstances and keen to start work and hopeful I can make a quick recovery.

David Williamson

I have been keen for some time to improve the facilities in this area and it will also include the Club Members Bar.

I have been here before./ But when or how I cannot tell:/ I know the grass beyond the door,/ The sweet keen smell,/ The sighing sound, the lights around the shore.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

I feel that I don't have to wait around for good scripts anymore, that I can get things moving more quickly. I can ring up directors I like and say I'm keen to work with them, which is pretty great.

He was keen to return home and, although we rate him highly here, we did not like to see him unhappy.

He was just so keen he wanted to run off. I think a lot of it is maturity. We're just glad he's a fast son of a gun.

Suddenly, the government of India has taken a very keen interest in these far-flung islands.

Kit Harington

My parents brought us up in a very clever way, which was that they saw what we were interested in naturally, and then they encouraged whatever that may be. When I started sharing a keen interest in drama and the theater, instead of steering me away from it, they encouraged me to see plays and think about drama school.

George Bernard Shaw

My mother married a very good man . . . and she is not at all keen on my doing the same.

My mother is a very keen businesswoman. She came to this country from Poland in 1959. Her parents were entrepreneurs and she is, too.

Alan Smith

Many have long since disappeared and the local community is keen to preserve what is left of its heritage.

Market players pay keen attention to what those officials may say about future U.S. rate hikes.

Market participants are keen to see if today's auction of two-year debt can attract sufficient demand.

Matt is a great addition to the squad. We have been keen to sign him for quite some time and I have been very impressed with his abilities in the short time that he has been with us.

Marietta is really coming around. We're very keen on redevelopment in this area and we hope to continue working in this area for at least another few years.

Collis Potter Huntington

Mark Hopkins was one of the truest and best men that ever lived. He had a keen analytical mind; was thoroughly accurate, and took general supervision of the books, contracts, etc. He was strictly the office man, and never bought or sold anything. I always felt when I was in the East that our business in his hands was entirely safe.

Jon Lewis and Stuart Broad have both shown fine early-season form for their counties and I'm sure they will be keen to make the most of this opportunity against Sri Lanka.

Elliott Abrams

It is a keen measure of the fall of American influence in the region when a Palestinian leader responds to intense American pressure to go to the negotiating table by waiting to see if Arab League foreign ministers will let him take that step.

Lisa Cholodenko

I was a student at SF State, and I honestly didn't know where I was headed. I thought maybe something in the social sciences. But I happened to be living with a group of people, and one person was a film student. I was always keen on and aware of what she was doing.

Jahangir Khan

I was very keen on squash. My father used to go to sleep in the afternoon. Normally, in Pakistan, everybody goes to sleep in the afternoon, because it's really hot. I'd go and play without telling anybody.