“A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.”
God
“I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural.”
WorkAll Quotes by Carl Sandburg
“I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural.”
Work“I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world.”
Age“I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.”
Newyears“Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.”
Nature“The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.”
Happiness“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“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”
Poetry“Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.”
Poetry“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“We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.”
Poetry“To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.”
Work“Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.”
Poetry“Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.”
War“All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.”
Failure“Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.”
Best“I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.”
Future“I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.”
Funny“Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.”
Wisdom