Zitate von Carl Sandburg
Ein bekanntes Zitat von Carl Sandburg:
Chicago: Schweineschlächter der Welt, Werkzeugmacher, Weizenstapler.
Informationen über Carl Sandburg
Lyriker, Journalist, Politiker, Lincoln-Biograph (USA, 1878 - 1967).
Carl Sandburg · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Carl Sandburg wäre heute 146 Jahre, 3 Monate, 23 Tage oder 53.439 Tage alt.
Geboren am 06.01.1878 in Galesburg/Illinois
Gestorben am 22.07.1967 in Flat Rock/North Carolina
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Weitere 41 Zitate von Carl Sandburg
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Not often in the story of mankind does a man arrive on earth who is both steel and velvet, who is as hard as rock and soft as drifting fog, who holds in his heart and mind the paradox of terrible storm and peace unspeakable and perfect.
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Nothing happens unless there is first a dream.
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People lie because they don't remember clear what they saw. People lie because they can't help making a good story better than it was the way it happened.
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Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work- I am the grass; I cover all.
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Poetry is the achievement of the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
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Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during a moment.
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Revolt and terror pay a price. Order and law have a cost.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbour and city on silent haunches and then moves on.
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The machine yes the machine / never wastes anybody's time / never watches the foreman / never talks back.
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The past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, nor 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.
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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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Those with real stature do not overlook the common people by any means.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then to go to hell after all would be too damned hard.
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Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they have it when the next test comes.
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When Abraham Lincoln was shovelled into the tombs, he forgot the copperheads and the assassin . . . in the dust, in the cool tombs.
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Why did the children put beans in their ears when the one thing we told the children they must not do was put beans in their ears?
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Why is there always a secret singing When a lawyer cashes in? Why does a hearse horse snicker Hauling a lawyer away?
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La mer prend sans demander; - La mer est un travailleur, un voleur, un vagabond; - Pourquoi la mer rend-elle si lentement ou ne rend-elle jamais?
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Les gens vraiment grands n'omettent pas de porter le regard sur les petits.
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