I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember...

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember...

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you...

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

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...

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

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

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

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...

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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...