Keeping is a surname, and may refer to:
- Charles Keeping (1924–1988), British illustrator, children's book author and lithographer
- Frederick Keeping (1867–1950), British racing cyclist
- Jeff Keeping (born 1982), Canadian Football League defensive tackle
- Max Keeping (born 1942), Canadian television news anchor
- Michael Keeping (1902–1984), English footballer and manager (son of Frederick Keeping)
Famous quotes containing the word keeping:
“Post-structuralism is among other things a kind of theoretical hangover from the failed uprising of ‘68Ma way of keeping the revolution warm at the level of language, blending the euphoric libertarianism of that moment with the stoical melancholia of its aftermath.”
—Terry Eagleton (b. 1943)
“Electricity, water, gas, and steam course through the walls of my building, keeping it alive.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Anne,
who were you?
Merely a kid keeping alive.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)