Carl Sandburg Quotes

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.

Carl Sandburg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 6, 1878 - July 22, 1967

Topics

GoodPeoplePromisesTryWriteGet

The gospel funk soul era, that's what I'm obsessed with - pretty much all the '70s through early '80s.

Jim James

SoulEarlyThroughPrettyFunkEra

I go back to Africa every year. I have a home there. You know, my grandfather lives back there in Cameroon.

Joakim Noah

HomeYearYouBackKnowGrandfather

Our reason arises, at the very least, from this twofold lesson of sensuous revelations and human testimonies.

Johann Georg Hamann

LessonHumanReasonOurVeryLeast

The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie.

John Frankenheimer

ChoicePersonImportantFirstJust

I've found I get big things done when I'm on airplanes or in hotel rooms. It's a total needle-mover to book a fantastic room in a place you adore and then put the 'do not disturb' on the phone and door for a week.

Robin S. Sharma

DoorBookHotelWeekYouPhone

There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.

Rumi

StrengthStrongerDesireTwoWithin

I get 'The New Yorker,' and I'm usually about three issues behind. But I do catch up. The problem is that it always seems like homework, but then you start reading it and go, 'Why am I not doing this all the time? These are such great stories!' But, yeah, that stack gets so big and dense.

Jason Jones

GreatTimeStartReadingProblem

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

Dogen

ThinkEnlightenmentYouWillOwn

Part of the creative journey for me was not to come up the conventional route. I didn't go through drama school. I chose not to. I came from a very working-class area, a child of Nigerian immigrants.

DeObia Oparei

JourneyCreativeSchoolChildMeGo

Celebrity culture has gone crazy, and I think the reason is that real news is just not bearable, and it also seems impossible to change anything.

Chris Martin

ChangeCultureCrazyImpossibleNews

A lot of times I can across as too masculine to men, and they couldn't handle me, they stayed away.

Brenda Holloway

MenMeI CanAwayHandleMasculine

I'm interested in the dream and subconscious mind, the peculiar dream-like quality of our lives, sometime nightmare quality of our lives.

Anthony Hopkins

QualityMindDreamPeculiarSometime

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