Carl Sandburg on children

Slang is the language which takes off its coat, spits on its hands⁠—and goes to work.

The Republic is a dream.
Nothing happens unless first a dream.

I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Socrates470–399 BC

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.

Bill Cosbyborn 1937

Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.