I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

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 decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

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...

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

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...

There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could...

There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could...

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

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;...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes...

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...

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...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

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,...

Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

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...

The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will...

The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will...

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life...

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life...