There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

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

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

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I...

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I...

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...

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular...

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular...

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...

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

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

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.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

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...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

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.

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...

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

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...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.