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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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 baby is God's opinion that life should go on

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

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

It is the business of little minds to shrink

It is the business of little minds to shrink

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...

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...

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...

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,...

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I...

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I...

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 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 the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in...

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in...