Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and that I had been happy in being this or that kind of fool.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

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 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 the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

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...

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 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...

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...

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

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

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

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...

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...

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays...

I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures...

I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures...