I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

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...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who...

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who...

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...

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.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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....

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...

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

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

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

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 wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

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...

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...