Best Carl Sandburg Quotations
- A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. Elected
- The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. Admiration
- In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning. Awake
- There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud. Eagle
- The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. Friend
- I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor. Doubt
- Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. Cry
- Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment. Closing
- Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come. Anti War
- Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. Hands
- Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. Decision
- Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence. Down
- One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude. America
- A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake. Awake
- I've written some poetry I don't understand myself. Inspirational
- The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. Colossal
- I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends. Friends
- Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. Biscuits
- Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her. Calling
- I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it. Grammar
- Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. Boulder
- Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child. Art
- Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don't worry about my destiny. Blow
- The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help. Dictionary
- Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of… Behind
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