Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

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...

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 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.

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...

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

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

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

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...

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...

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

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...

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...

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

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

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

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

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

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 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...

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,...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes...

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...