Carl Sandburg Children Quotations

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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