The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me, by newspapers and… — Van Wyck Brooks Copy Share Image
The worst thing to happen to Lincoln - aside from the unfortunate incident at Ford's theatre - was to fall into the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I did do some writing of poetry, somewhat inspired, I think at that time, by Carl Sandburg,… — Lisel Mueller Copy Share Image
“The cruelest thing that has happened to Lincoln since being shot by Booth was to have fallen into the hands of Carl… — Edmund Wilson Copy Share Image
I heard someone say he [Carl Sandburg] was the kind of writer who had everything to gain and nothing to lose by… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way. Carl Sandburg — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
I was reading Carl Sandburg and Gwendolyn Brooks, and I'm still very, very deeply moved by Gwendolyn Brooks's life and her work. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
My chief literary influences have been Paul Laurence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman. My favorite public figures include Jimmy Durante, Marlene… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
“So Walter Arensberg, Alfred Kreymborg, Carl Sandburg, Louis Untermeyer, Eunice Tietjens, Clara Shanafelt, James Oppenheim, Maxwell Bodenheim, Richard Glaenzer, Scharmel Iris, Conrad… — Francis Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
My prose style at this time was a stomach-twisting blend of the Bible, Carl Sandburg, H.L. Mencken, Jeffrey Farnol, Christopher Morley, Samuel… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
The cruelest thing that has happened to Lincoln since he was shot by Booth was to fall into the hands of Carl… — Edmund Wilson Copy Share Image
“Weston, having been born in Chicago, was raised with typical, well-grounded, mid-western values. On his 16th birthday, his father gave him a… — Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“I speak of new cities and new people I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes. I tell you yesterday… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will… — M.J. DeMarco Copy Share Image
I started writing - I began my career at the age of 20, on April 1st, 1965, when... My sister was going… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
Happiness does not come quickly. It is not conferred by any single event, however exciting or comforting or satisfying the event may… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures,… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
The first thing I did on television was a PBS thing where I played a priest. It was a Walt Whitman or… — Kelsey Grammer Copy Share Image
“I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work… Carl Sandburg” — Anonymous Copy Share Image