When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on. Carl Sandburg on poetry
Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. Carl Sandburg on poetry
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. Carl Sandburg on religion
The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. Carl Sandburg on respect
In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning. Carl Sandburg on society
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. Carl Sandburg on society
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. Carl Sandburg on time
Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. Carl Sandburg on time
I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends. Carl Sandburg on trust
Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come. Carl Sandburg on war
Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. Carl Sandburg on wisdom
To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard. Carl Sandburg on work
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. Carl Sandburg on work
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. Carl Sandburg on work
I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor. Carl Sandburg on new years
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. Carl Sandburg on courage