Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Bad Day Quotes

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned...

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned...

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

Life is like an onion; you peel one layer off at a time and sometimes...

Life is like an onion; you peel one layer off at a time and sometimes...

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and...

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give...

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give...

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember...

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember...