#eager

When I finished the role of Christ, I felt as though I'd been let out on parole. A man who has served 18 months isn't eager to go back to prison. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#been #christ #eager #felt #finished

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search. ↗

— John Templeton

#become #eager #how #humble #increasingly

Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had a terror of growing up, which became more and more accentuated as I grew older. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#become #children #eager #especially #grew

When a man's willing and eager the god's join in. ↗

— Aeschylus

#god #join #man #willing

Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#attention #concentration #connection #eagerness #inspiration

At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of women and their eager faces. They are more obscene than if they were dancing naked themselves. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#dancing #eager #faces #male #more

We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#always #announcement #desires #discover #eager

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him. ↗

— Xun Zi

#animal #believe #boasts #conducts #deception

In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly. ↗

— Sitting Bull

#eager #early #i #learn #learned

If for no other reason than the energy crisis now facing this country, the federal government should be eager to become partners with us in rebuilding our city. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#city #country #crisis #eager #energy