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Carl Sandburg Quotes

«Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.»
Author: Carl Sandburg (Historian, Novelist, Poet) | Keywords: sometime
«The greatest cunning is to have none at all»
«I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any memory except the face of the woman on the American silver dollar»
«It is the business of little minds to shrink»
Author: Carl Sandburg (Historian, Novelist, Poet) | About: Mind | Keywords: shrink, The Business
«There are people who want to be everywhere at once and they seem to get nowhere»
«What is there more of in the world than anything else? Ends»
«If America forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution.»
«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.»
«I feel like I'm drowning. Every night, I'm carrying home loads of things to read but I'm too exhausted. I keep clipping things and Xeroxing them and planning to read them eventually, but I just end up throwing it all away and feeling guilty.»
«The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.»

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