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title: "7 Totem Pole Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Totem Pole quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Totem Pole sayings and thoughts."
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> [ “Then there's the pillar statue in the semi-subterranean temple at Tiahuanaco \[Bolivia\]. Like the Totem Pole of Göbekli Tepe, it is anthropomorphic.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-hancock/then-there-s-the-pillar-statue-in-the-semi-subterranean-temple-at/)

[Graham Hancock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-hancock/)

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> [With studio work, I'm always the bottom man on the totem pole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay-abaire/with-studio-work-i-m-always-the-bottom-man-on-the-totem-pole/)

[David Lindsay-Abaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay-abaire/)

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> [“He was the youngest and newest member of a four-man team. Hence, low man on the totem pole. Except that calling a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/he-was-the-youngest-and-newest-member-of-a-four-man-team-hence-low/)

[Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/lee-child-980_native-americans_he-was-the-youngest-and-newest-member-of_2280056.jpg)

> [I was a sharecropper's son. That's as low as you can get on the totem pole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-needham/i-was-a-sharecropper-s-son-that-s-as-low-as-you-can-get-on-the-totem/)

[Hal Needham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-needham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/hal-needham-6893_get_i-was-a-sharecropper-s-son-that-s-as-low_2290347.jpg)

> [I'm usually the last man on the totem pole. Except for the sound effects and the final sound mix, the score is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mancini/i-m-usually-the-last-man-on-the-totem-pole-except-for-the-sound/)

[Henry Mancini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mancini/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/henry-mancini-5029_final_i-m-usually-the-last-man-on-the-totem-po_2762200.png)

> [Look at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/look-at-it-this-way-a-totem-pole-is-just-a-decorated-tree-my-work-is/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/louise-bourgeois-8996_flower_look-at-it-this-way-a-totem-pole-is-just_2897797.png)

> [“If you’re so far down the totem pole that someone considers it a favor to you just to have you in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-n-onuorah/if-you-re-so-far-down-the-totem-pole-that-someone-considers-it-a/)

[Michelle N. Onuorah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-n-onuorah/)

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