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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of...

There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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;...

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...

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary...

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary...

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.

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...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

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 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...

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life...

I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because...

I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because...