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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

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 took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends....

I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends....

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs...

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs...

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.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

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...

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of...

There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of...

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...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

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...

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

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...