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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Bad Day Quotes

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

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...

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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...

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

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.

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

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

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...

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...

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've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

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

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

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

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...

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...