Carl Sandburg
17 quotations
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.
I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you wake in the morning.
Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
Poetry is the achievement of the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the sky.
I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.
A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.
One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.
The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
The republic is a dreamNothing happens unless first a dream.
Sometime theyll give a war and nobody will come.
A baby is Gods opinion that life should go on.