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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Poetry Quotes

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.

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 am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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

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

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

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

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

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...

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...

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 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...

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...