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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Family Quotes

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...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

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

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

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when...

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when...

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write...

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write...

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...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten...

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten...

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

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...

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

I couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This...

I couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular...

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular...