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Carl Sandburg Quotes: 12

  • A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

  • Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.

  • Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

  • 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.

  • Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.

  • A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.

  • Life is like an onion; you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

  • Come clean with a child heartLaugh as peaches in the summer windLet rain on a house roof be a songLet the writing on your facebe a smell of apple orchards on late June.

    Honey and Salt
  • Poetry is an echo asking a shadow to dance.

  • Gather the stars if you wish it soGather the songs and keep them.Gather the faces of women.Gather for keeping years and years.And then...Loosen your hands, let go and say good-bye.Let the stars and songs go.Let the faces and years go.Loosen your hands and say good-bye.

  • Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

  • Tell no man anything, for no man listensYet hold thy lips ready to speak.