I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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

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

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...

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and...

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and...

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...

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...

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,...

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly...

There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly...

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...

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...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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

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

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...

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

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 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...

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...

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,...

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.