Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburgwas an American poet, writer, and editor who won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg was widely regarded as "a major figure in contemporary literature", especially for volumes of his collected verse, including Chicago Poems, Cornhuskers, and Smoke and Steel. He enjoyed "unrivaled appeal as a poet in his day, perhaps because the breadth of his experiences connected him with so many strands of American life",...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 January 1878
CountryUnited States of America
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.
Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable.
I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?
Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
All we need to begin with is a # dream that we can do better than before. All we need to have is faith, and that dream will come true. All we need to do is act, and the time for action is now.
It is the business of little minds to shrink.
Beware of advice-even this.
Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.
When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
Nothing happens... but first a dream.
The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.