Carl Sandburg quotes - page 6

There is no song to your singing. (Carl Sandburg)
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work. I am the grass. I cover all. View quote
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Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the sky. View quote
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We live in the time of the colossal upright oblong. View quote
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I been a wanderin'Early and late, New York City To the Golden Gate An' it looks like I'm never gonna cease my Wanderin'. View quote
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We can never possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time. View quote
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I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs. View quote
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Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor: What place is this? Where are we now? View quote
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If a bad fire should break out in this house and I had my choice of saving the library or the babies, I would save what is alive. Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn baby. View quote
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Love, with little hands, Comes and touches you With a thousand memories, And asks you Beautiful, unanswerable questions. View quote
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The United States is, not are. The Civil War was fought over a verb. (Carl Sandburg)
The little girl saw her first troop parade and asked, "What are those?" "Soldiers." "What are soldiers?" "They are for war. They fight and each tries to kill as many of the other side as he can." The girl held still and studied. "Do you know ... I know something?" "Yes, what is it you know?" View quote
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The United States is, not are. View quote
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When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along. View quote
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure. View quote
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Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. View quote
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And how should a beautiful, ignorant stream of water know it heads for an early release - out across the desert, running toward the Gulf, below sea level, to murmur its lullaby, and see the Imperial Valley rise out of burning sand with cotton blossoms, wheat, watermelons, roses, how should it know. View quote
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Revolt and terror pay a price, Order and law have a cost. View quote
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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, hard boots they walk off proud they can't hear you calling. Look out how you use proud words. View quote
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Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life. To be a good loser is to learn how to win. I was sure there are ten men in me and I do not know or understand one of them. I could safely declare, I am an idealist. A Parisian cynic says "I believe in nothing. I am looking for clues." My statement would be : I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs. View quote
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The little girl saw her first troop parade and asked, "What are those?" "Soldiers." "What are soldiers?" "They are for war. They fight and each tries to kill as many of the other side as he can." The girl held still and studied. "Do you know ... I know something?" "Yes, what is it you know?" "Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come." (Carl Sandburg)
The United States is, not are. The Civil War was fought over a verb. Orval Faubus don't know that. But he gonna know, he gonna know. View quote
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