Carl Sandburg Quotes

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.

Carl Sandburg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeLookingHellPlaceChicagoNever

I will be vigilant to protect the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court, and I will work to ensure that it upholds the rule of law and safeguards those liberties that make this land one of endless possibilities for all Americans.

John Roberts

WorkIntegrityLawIndependenceLand

It turns out, all the studies show you invest a little time in another person's life, often a younger person, and all of us have that capacity to do it, just an hour a week, an hour every couple of weeks, and you can make a tremendous difference in a kid's life over their lifetime.

John Prendergast

LifeTimeWeekYouPersonKid

Israel deserves special treatment from the United States, both for historical reasons and because there can be no regional peace without a secure Israel.

Stephen Kinzer

PeaceSpecialWithoutHistorical

It's been an unbelievable thing for me to walk Bruin Walk and walk past Coach Wooden's statue, a guy that when I was in elementary school, it's Coach Wooden winning his final championship, his 10th in 12 years.

Steve Alford

WalkPastSchoolMeWinningCoach

Free speech gives us the ability to react vigorously with effective arguments and expose the weakness and misdirection of the other side's claims.

Rush Limbaugh

FreeWeaknessSpeechReactAbility

For the first two years of Eventbrite, all the work was done by just the three founders: me, my husband, Kevin, and our chief technology officer, Renaud Visage.

Julia Hartz

WorkTechnologyMeHusbandThree

Playing the Beethoven symphonies, for example, is a consummate experience for a musician because Beethoven speaks so directly to who we are as people.

Joshua Bell

ExperiencePeoplePlayingExample

There is, for me, as a black woman, as an African woman, a sense of possibility in America that I don't feel when I'm in Europe.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

WomanMeBlackFeelAmericaEurope

I want to write my own music, and I want to tour.

Cole Vosbury

MusicWantMy OwnWriteOwnTour

I've had the chance to meet families with children who are sick, and it's heartbreaking.

Cole Swindell

ChildrenSickChanceMeetWhoHad

Until you get your reputation made, you have to work twice as hard... there is always a doubt in your superior's mind as to whether you will put family before your job.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

WorkFamilyJobMindReputationYou

The hook is a word or an idea spoken by one character which gives the next character something to hook onto when he responds or, like a trapeze artist, gives him something to swing from on his way to another point of view.

Preston Sturges

CharacterViewArtistPoint Of View

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