Home / Authors / Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg Quotes

Writer

Carl Sandburg was a prominent American poet, writer, journalist, and editor. Born on January 6, 1878, in Illinois, he passed away on July 22, 1967. His works primarily depicted rural life in America, industrialization, and the working class, with notable works including 'Chicago' and 'The American Songbag'.

Filter quotes by topic

All Poetry Is Literature Men Ifs People Poetry Knows Writing Life Years Littles Long Night World Book Children Dream Sea Trying War

Famous Carl Sandburg Quotes

“A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.”

Children Religion Hope

Author:Carl Sandburg

“The simple dignity of a child drinking a bowl of milk embodies the fascination of an ancient rite.”

Children Simple Dignity Drinking Ancient Milk Bowls Fascination Rite

Author:Carl Sandburg

“A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.”

Should Children God Opinion Boys Positive Thinking Baby Goes On Memorial My Baby Newborn Baby Girl Baby Boy New Baby New Baby Boy Girl Child My Baby Boy

Author:Carl Sandburg

“Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.”

Men Giving Writing Children Art Poetry Literature Birth Red Pregnancy Pregnant Pregnant Women

Author: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 face be a smell of apple orchards on late June.”

Writing Heart Children Happiness Faces Song House Laughing Wind Late Summer Rain Clean Smell Apples Your Face Roof June Peaches Orchard Summer Wind

Book:Honey and Salt

Source: Honey and Salt

“There is only one child in the world and the Child’s name is All Children.”

World Children Names

Book:Honey and Salt

Source: Honey and Salt

“I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness. And I went to famous executives who boss the work of thousands of men. They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though I was trying to fool with them. And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along the Desplaines river and I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with their women and children and a keg of beer and an accordion.”

Men Trying Children Teach Saws Tree Fool Rivers Crowds Beer Meaning Of Life Sunday Executives Boss Professors Afternoon What Is Happiness Accordions Hungarians Sunday Afternoons Kegs

Book:Chicago Poems

Source: Chicago Poems

“There is only one man in the world and his name is All Men. There is only one woman in the world and her name is All Women. There is only one child in the world and the child's name is All Children.”

Men World Children Names Diversity One Man Brotherhood One Woman Unity In Diversity

Book:Honey and Salt

Source: Honey and Salt

“Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn child.”

Inspirational Children Baby Invention Marvelous Newborn Newborn Child

Book:Remembrance Rock

Source: Remembrance Rock

About the Author

Born: January 6, 1878
Died: July 22, 1967
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 286

Related Topics

Poetry Is Literature Men Ifs People Poetry Knows Writing Life Years Littles Long Night World Book Children Dream Sea Trying War

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

The Complete Poems of Carl SandburgRelated source material

Ever the Winds of ChanceRelated source material

Harvest Poems: 1910-1960Related source material

The People, YesRelated source material

Honey and SaltRelated source material

Selected poemsRelated source material

Carl SandburgRelated source material

Remembrance RockRelated source material

Chicago PoemsRelated source material

Chicago Poems: UnabridgedRelated source material

Similar Authors

Diane WakoskiBrowse related quotes
Reginald ShepherdBrowse related quotes
Norman MacCaigBrowse related quotes
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelBrowse related quotes
Irwin ShawBrowse related quotes
Ezra PoundBrowse related quotes
Jacques RoubaudBrowse related quotes
Guillermo Cabrera InfanteBrowse related quotes
Manuel PuigBrowse related quotes
Kenneth SlessorBrowse related quotes