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Studs Terkel Quotes: "People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another. -Studs Terkel"

People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another. -Studs Terkel



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits."

Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits.




Studs Terkel Quotes: "Perhaps it is this specter that most haunts working men and women: the planned obsolescence of people that is of a piece with the planned obsolescence of the things they make. Or sell."

Perhaps it is this specter that most haunts working men and women: the planned obsolescence of people that is of a piece with the planned obsolescence of the things they make. Or sell.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be."

I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.




Studs Terkel Quotes: "We are living in the United States of Alzheimer's. A whole country has lost its memory. When it can't remember yesterday, a country forgets what it once wanted to be."

We are living in the United States of Alzheimer's. A whole country has lost its memory. When it can't remember yesterday, a country forgets what it once wanted to be.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Hope never trickles down. It always springs up."

Hope never trickles down. It always springs up.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Ordinary people are capable of doing extraordinary things, and that's what it's all about. They must count."

Ordinary people are capable of doing extraordinary things, and that's what it's all about. They must count.




Studs Terkel Quotes: "I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information."

I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it."

I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic."

I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication."

More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Work is a search for daily meaning as well as for daily bread."

Work is a search for daily meaning as well as for daily bread.




Studs Terkel Quotes: "That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting."

That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count."

But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "If there is knowledge, it lies in the fusion of the book and the street."

If there is knowledge, it lies in the fusion of the book and the street.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too."

Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone objects to."

The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone objects to.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being."

People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Work is born in us. We take to it kindly or unkindly. The terms may be easy or harsh, but the contract is binding."

Work is born in us. We take to it kindly or unkindly. The terms may be easy or harsh, but the contract is binding.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing."

I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him."

I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us."

To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist."

You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Don't be an examiner, be the interested inquirer."

Don't be an examiner, be the interested inquirer.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I find labels "liberal" and "conservative" of little meaning. Our language has become perverted along with the thoughts of many of us."

I find labels "liberal" and "conservative" of little meaning. Our language has become perverted along with the thoughts of many of us.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library."

All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "An agnostic is a cowardly atheist."

An agnostic is a cowardly atheist.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Ordinary' is a word I loathe. It has a patronizing air. I have come across ordinary people who have done extraordinary things."

Ordinary' is a word I loathe. It has a patronizing air. I have come across ordinary people who have done extraordinary things.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people."

Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt."

Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong."

The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have."

If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I never drove a car. I'm hopeless that way. I press the wrong buttons on the tape recorder. But if the person I'm interviewing helps me out, that person feels needed. People need to feel needed."

I never drove a car. I'm hopeless that way. I press the wrong buttons on the tape recorder. But if the person I'm interviewing helps me out, that person feels needed. People need to feel needed.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "The issue is jobs. You can't get away from it: jobs. Having a buck or two in your pocket and feeling like somebody."

The issue is jobs. You can't get away from it: jobs. Having a buck or two in your pocket and feeling like somebody.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Never go to bed with someone whose problems are greater than yours."

Never go to bed with someone whose problems are greater than yours.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored."

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace."

Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat'."

My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat'.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I was born in the year the Titanic sank. The Titanic went down, and I came up. That tells you a little about the fairness of life."

I was born in the year the Titanic sank. The Titanic went down, and I came up. That tells you a little about the fairness of life.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Taking life seriously requires taking death seriously."

Taking life seriously requires taking death seriously.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not forlong, but here I be. In sensing her mortality, we sensed our own."

Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not forlong, but here I be. In sensing her mortality, we sensed our own.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now."

I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!"

We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!



Studs Terkel Quotes: "When it comes to the news, the corporate view is 'objective,' all else is propaganda."

When it comes to the news, the corporate view is 'objective,' all else is propaganda.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I'd want the human voice expressing grievances, or delight, or whatever it might be. But something real"

I'd want the human voice expressing grievances, or delight, or whatever it might be. But something real



Studs Terkel Quotes: "For the next century, we've got to put together what we so carelessly tore apart with so little concern for those who were gonna follow us. ... You've got to sound off."

For the next century, we've got to put together what we so carelessly tore apart with so little concern for those who were gonna follow us. ... You've got to sound off.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful."

I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "You can work next to a guy for months without even knowing his name."

You can work next to a guy for months without even knowing his name.



Studs Terkel Quotes: "Reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation."

Reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation.