Quotes About Eager

Sea of upturned faces.

FIFTEEN MINUTES later

Roosevelt saw everything, grasped the sense of everything, and formed an opinion on everything which he was eager to maintain at any risk.

When a man's willing and eager, the gods join in.

First, there was Francie. If our group had a mascot, someone to glue themselves in feathers and lead our team in three cheers for motherhood, it was her. Miss Eager-to-Be-Liked, to not screw anything up, so plump with hope and rich Southern carbs.

Obviously, having served in wars myself, I'm eager to do everything possible to avoid them, but our military capability vis-a-vis a country like Iran is a major source of leverage in any negotiation that we should never, ever give up.

As a child I always steered clear of science fiction, but in the autumn of 1977, the bow-wave of publicity for the first 'Star Wars' movie had already reached me, so I was eager for anything science-fictional.

Never trust a soldier who's eager to go to war.

She looked playful and eager, but not quite sure of herself, like a new kitten in a house where they don't care much about kittens.

She looked playful and eager, but not quite sure of herself, like a new kitten in a house where they don't care much about kittens.

One of the peculiar features of philosophical questions is how eager people are to offer solutions that miss the point of the questions. Sometimes these failed solutions are scientific, and sometimes they are religious, and sometimes they are based on what is called plain common sense.

I suspect that he was an exaggeratedly fair-minded atheist, over-eager to be disillusioned if logic seemed to require it.fn3

Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?

A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, and thinks everything that is said meant at him.

Beyond his strength no man can fight, although he be eager.

The universe is eager to kindle in you experiences that will enhance and enlighten your consciousness.

I am infected with the eternal virus of love. I am eager to spread it, and I never want a cure.

Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.

Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar...

When we realize how great a debt we owe to God, we become willing servants, eager to be poured out for God and His Kingdom.

As much as I care about historical context - I'm very eager to read a really great historical account.

Finally, when happiness came knocking on my door, I'd be waiting. I'd open the door and say: "Where have you been? What took you so long? And if you just give me a moment I'll pack and go with you."

I felt a wave of longing roll out of me, but not the way it usually did, diffuse and sad. This was hopeful, as though it had been coaxed out by a whispered promise.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.