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

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...

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...

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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

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

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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

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

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

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

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

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...

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,...

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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 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...

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,...

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...

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret...

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret...

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.