The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg 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...

I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.

I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten...

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten...

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...

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.

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

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...

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 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...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

Happiness is the realization of God in the heart. Happiness is the result of praise...

Happiness is the realization of God in the heart. Happiness is the result of praise...