Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
Carl SandburgPoetry is the capture of a picture, a song, or a flair, in a deliberate prism of words.
Carl SandburgTo those who had ordered them to death, one of them said: “We die because the people are asleep and you will die because the people will awaken.”
Carl SandburgWhen one has the right swing and enthusiasm, selling is not unlike hunting, a veritable sport. To scare up the game by preliminary talk and to know how long to follow it, to lose your gain through poorly directed argument, to hang on to game that finally eludes, to boldly confront, to quickly circle around, to keep on the trail, tireless and keen, till you have bagged some orders, there is some satisfaction in returning at night, tired of the trail, but proud of the days work done.
Carl Sandburg