Quotes by Carl Sandburg

Explore a curated collection of 70 quotes by Carl Sandburg. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Life is like an onion; you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. — Carl Sandburg
A man must find time for himself. Time is what we spend our lives with. If we are not careful we find others spending it — Carl Sandburg
A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. A book that does nothing to you is dead. A baby, whether it does anythin — Carl Sandburg
Tell no man anything, for no man listensYet hold thy lips ready to speak. — Carl Sandburg
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. — Carl Sandburg
Poetry is an echo asking a shadow to dance. — Carl Sandburg
Gather the stars if you wish it soGather the songs and keep them.Gather the faces of women.Gather for keeping years and — Carl Sandburg
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. — Carl Sandburg
I've written some poetry I don't understand myself — Carl Sandburg
I'm either going to be a writer or a bum. — Carl Sandburg
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 — Carl Sandburg
Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful th — Carl Sandburg
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. — Carl Sandburg
To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard. — Carl Sandburg
Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it runs by. — Carl Sandburg
Look out how you use proud words.When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back.They wear long boots, har — Carl Sandburg
Nothing happens unless first we dream. — Carl Sandburg
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.Shovel them under and let me work-- I am the grass; I cover all.And pile — Carl Sandburg
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. — Carl Sandburg
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more — Carl Sandburg