Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Life Quotes

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...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

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...

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

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

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

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...

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...

Life is like an onion; you peel one layer off at a time and sometimes...

Life is like an onion; you peel one layer off at a time and sometimes...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

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

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

We can see the child moving rather serenely in the uterus. The child senses aggression...

We can see the child moving rather serenely in the uterus. The child senses aggression...

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the...

O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the...

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...