“The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.”
Respect
“I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.”
ReligionAll Quotes by Carl Sandburg
“All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.”
Failure“A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.”
God“I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.”
Newyears“Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.”
Anger“Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.”
Time“Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.”
War“When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.”
Society“Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.”
Poetry“I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.”
Poetry“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”
Life“To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.”
Work“I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.”
Trust“Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.”
Poetry“Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.”
Nature“I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.”
Religion“I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.”
Funny“To be a good loser is to learn how to win.”
Good“The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.”
Happiness“Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.”
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