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Carl Sandburg quotes

American Poet January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967

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Carl Sandburg quote: "When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight..."
When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on. Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg quote: "There are men and women so lonely they believe God, too, is..."
There are men and women so lonely they believe God, too, is lonely. Carl Sandburg
Gather the stars if you wish it so. Gather 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. Carl Sandburg
There is a music for lonely hearts nearly always. If the music dies down there is a silence. Almost the same as the movement of music. To know silence perfectly is to know music. Carl Sandburg
Come clean with a child heart. Laugh as peaches in the summer wind. Let rain on a house roof be a song. Let the writing on your facebe a smell of apple orchards on late June. Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg quote: "Somebody's little girl- how easy it is to make a sob story..."
Somebody's little girl- how easy it is to make a sob story over who she once was and who she now is. Carl Sandburg
Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time. Carl Sandburg
Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar. Let me pry loose old walls. Let me lift and loosen old foundations. Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike. Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together. Take red-hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders. Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through blue nights into white stars. Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg quote: "God, let me remember all good losers."
God, let me remember all good losers. Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg quote: "Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl..."
Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her. Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg quote: "a women is like a tea bag. it's only when she is in hot water..."
a women is like a tea bag. it's only when she is in hot water that you realize how strong she is. Carl Sandburg
Did you name your pigeons with names?" asked Wiffle (the Chick).These three, the sandy and golden brown, all named themselves by where they came from. This is Chickamauga, here is Chattanooga, and this is Chattahoochee. And the other three all got their names from me when I was feeling high and easy. This is Blue Mist, here is Bubbles, and last of all take a look at Wednesday Evening in the Twilight and the Gloaming."Do you always call her Wednesday Evening in the Twilight and the... Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg quote: "To be a good loser is to learn how to win."
To be a good loser is to learn how to win. Carl Sandburg
And even now she beats her head against the bars in the same old way and wonders if there is a bigger place the railroads run to from Chicago where maybe there is romance and big things and real dreams that never go smash. Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg quote: "I take you and pile high the memories. Death will break her..."
I take you and pile high the memories. Death will break her claws on some I keep. Carl Sandburg

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