I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored. — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“The poor are so busy trying to survive from one day to the next, they haven’t the time or energy to keep… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“What I remember most of those times is that poverty creates desperation, and desperation creates violence.” — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now. — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the public's pocket are the order of the day - indeed, officially proclaimed as… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
If we're to have a future in the 21st century, we'll want to be able to say, "Now what was the 20th… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live.… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
Why are we born? We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die?… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I guess I was seeking some balance in the wildlife of the city as Rachel Carson sought it in nature. In unbalanced… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“We thought of the poor, at that time, as quite divorced from us, who were not poor. By the exercise of one’s… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“It was in ’35—we had this campaign to raise a million tax dollars. In the town of Phillips, one evening, during a blizzard, I… — Studs Terkel Copy Share
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… — Studs Terkel Copy Share
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… — Studs Terkel Copy Share
To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us. — Studs Terkel Copy Share
“I’ll never forget that Depression Easter Sunday. Our son was four years old. I bought ten or fifteen cents’ worth of eggs. You didn’t… — Studs Terkel Copy Share
All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library. — Studs Terkel Copy Share
Reading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation. — Studs Terkel Copy Share
“The total cost of the Federal Arts Project was only $23 million. Many of these paintings, sculptures and prints were given to museums, courthouses,… — Studs Terkel Copy Share
I find labels "liberal" and "conservative" of little meaning. Our language has become perverted along with the thoughts of many of us. — Studs Terkel Copy Share
“Who knows Bob’s name in this outfit—let alone his lame child’s? (“The last place I worked for, I was let go,” recalls the bank… — Studs Terkel Copy Share
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 Copy Share
