It is the business of little minds to shrink

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Mind Quotes

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

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

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

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...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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

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...

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to...

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...