Quotes by Sandburg, Carl

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

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

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One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

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Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.

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I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.

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In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you wake in the morning.

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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.

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Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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Poetry is the achievement of the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

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Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the sky.

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I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.

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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.

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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.

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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.

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