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Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
American Poet
Born: Jan 6, 1878
Died: Jul 22, 1967
About Go Life Man Me You
Related authors: Edgar Allan Poe Emily Dickinson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Maya Angelou Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Frost T. S. Eliot Walt Whitman
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. Carl Sandburg
Dance Shadow Echo Poetry Asking
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. Carl Sandburg
Life Time You People Will Other Spend Spent Be Careful Determine Only How Your Lest Coin Careful
To be a good loser is to learn how to win. Carl Sandburg
Good Win Good Loser Learn How Loser
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. Carl Sandburg
Moving On Future You Post Remember Tomorrow Past Live Keep Moving Tell No-One Bucket Jump Yesterdays Forget Get Just Ashes Moving Your Keep Now Here
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. Carl Sandburg
Nation Lost Down Society Sight Brought Had Along Always Came Condition Goes May Forgot Where Them Found
Nothing happens unless first we dream. Carl Sandburg
First Nothing Unless Dream Happens
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. Carl Sandburg
Happiness Secret Admire Without The Secret Of Desiring
The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. Carl Sandburg
Moon Lonesome Talk Friend
There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud. Carl Sandburg
Me Hippopotamus Wallow Wants Soar Mud Eagle
Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me. Carl Sandburg
Life Best Me Came Been Unexpected Nearly Things
I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way. Carl Sandburg
I Am Way Idealist Know Am Going Where
All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected. Carl Sandburg
Politicians Out Ring Hats Through Throw Talk Rabbits Elected Should Pull
Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don't worry about my destiny. Carl Sandburg
Strange Wind Worry Destiny Window About Wings Through Blow Strange Things Things Night
Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split one boulder. Carl Sandburg
Nature Dig Split Boulder Gentle Spread Upward Bush Root Deep
I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class discussions and came out of it saying I hadn't learned a thing I didn't know before about morals and what is right or wrong in human conduct. Carl Sandburg
Saying Class Ethics Before Out About Morals Had Taken Wrong Know Read Learned Course Came Heard Textbook Conduct Discussions Human Thick Right Thing
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. Carl Sandburg
Three Politician Out Ring Hats Through Throwing Talking Rabbits Elected Should Pulling
I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out. Carl Sandburg
Love Several Out Fell Times Then Deep
Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child. Carl Sandburg
Man Woman Birth Give Poem Write Like Commanding Child Ordering Pregnant Pregnant Woman
I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world. Carl Sandburg
Woman Age World Treat Better Herself Ninety Over Perhaps Until She Felt Always Passes Subject Ambiguity Candid Then Realm Her Right
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
Time You Try Sky Nice Everything Out See Window Wrong Arithmetic Over Look Answer How Blue Blue Sky Where Again Right Start
There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds. Carl Sandburg
Clouds Sometimes Fly Birds Wild Through Go Been Up Woods Many Socialists
I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends. Carl Sandburg
Good You Trust Judgment Good Friends Learned Friends
I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural. Carl Sandburg
Work Hard Work Time Mathematics Natural Field Spent Would Would-Be Stayed Take Knew Hours Because Where Much Hard Away Amount
I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building. Carl Sandburg
You Old Long Building About Know Wondered Often Happen Little Things
We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough. Carl Sandburg
Guidance Enough Poems Poetry Robert Read Were Themselves Professor Here Needed
You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget. Carl Sandburg
You Remember Others Slept Would Some Like Bedrooms Forget
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