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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Language Quotes, Slang Quotes

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

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

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

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...

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

A baby is God's opinion that life 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...

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.

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 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.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned...

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned...

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...

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

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

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...

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

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

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

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...