Carl Sandburg Quotes

A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.

Carl Sandburg

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• I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • People
  • Work
  • Talking

• It takes three to make a child.

  

  e. e. cummings
  • Child
  • Three
  • Takes

• I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.

  

  Wendell Pierce
  • American
  • Years
  • Three

• I'm pretty much friendly and compassionate to everybody. But not to people in the ring.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • People
  • Pretty
  • Friendly

• I love talking about myself.

  

  Lara Flynn Boyle
  • Love
  • Myself
  • Talking

• The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Up
  • Man
  • Chinese

• I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Opinion
  • Information
  • Talking

• Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter.

  

  Gabrielle Zevin
  • Remember
  • Write
  • Type

• I just put on what the lady says. I've been married three times, so I've had lots of supervision.

  

  Upton Sinclair
  • Married
  • Three
  • Lady

• We can't afford to go lose two, three in a row. We've got to keep climbing and getting wins.

  

  Saku Koivu
  • Lose
  • Two
  • Three

• I had an unhealthy obsession with 'Only Fools and Horses.' I still have to watch an episode with my brother every two or three weeks.

  

  Jack Lowden
  • Brother
  • Three
  • Obsession

• I remember I got an ALMA award for an actor being on three shows simultaneously.

  

  Ian Gomez
  • Remember
  • Three
  • Award

• One out of three jobs in Washington is tied to trade.

  

  Larry Williams
  • Three
  • Trade
  • Washington

• I called Daley Thompson after the Games of '84, when he won. He'd had this phenomenal decathlon for nine events - and then he went out there and jogged the 1,500 meters and missed the world record by, like, three points.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • World
  • Events
  • Three

• I try cars; I try them all. Cars need to be sexy, because we're not talking about biscuits here.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • Try
  • Sexy
  • Talking

• There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Feeling
  • Feel
  • Talking

• It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • Idea
  • Getting
  • Clean

• I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Friends
  • True
  • Three

• My children have been learning lessons about entrepreneurship since they were in kindergarten, and these lessons are paying off: even though they are only 22, 18, and 15, they have already collectively launched three nonprofit organizations and several new businesses.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Children
  • Learning
  • Three

• Let's be honest: I just want a Super Bowl ring.

  

  Kate Mara
  • Want
  • Honest
  • Ring

• I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • Life
  • Money
  • Simple

• Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn't dream of interrupting you at golf.

  

  Harper Lee
  • People
  • Home
  • Dream

• I got my green card and everything through my work, even before marriage or anything like that, so you really have to follow the rules and do everything the right way to be able to accomplish that, so it was big... I had my green card for so long.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Work
  • Long
  • Marriage

• A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Talking
  • Three
  • Ring