Famous quote by Carl Sandburg

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

Woman Poem

This quote is written / told by Carl Sandburg between January 6, 1878 and July 22, 1967. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 59 other quotes.

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"The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water"

Sophocles, Author

"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem"

"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition"

"A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings"

"There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman"

"A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly"

"No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation"

"For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child"

"I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do"