All Studs Terkel Quotes
- So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so. Along
- An agnostic is a cowardly atheist. Agnostic
- To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us. Among
- I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be. Difference
- I'm celebrated for celebrating the uncelebrated. Celebrate
- Ordinary' is a word I loathe. It has a patronizing air. I have come across ordinary people who have done extraordinary things. Across
- When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one.… Become Part
- I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him. Albert
- With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have… Alternative
- Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt. American
- 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… All
- Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in… Astonishment
- 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… Form
- You know, 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely?' It's the same with powerlessness. Absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely. Einstein said everything had changed since the… Absolute
- What I bring to the interview is respect. The person recognizes that you respect them because you're listening. Because you're listening, they feel good about… Across
- More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication. Communication
- Curiosity never killed this cat’ — that’s what I’d like as my epitaph Cat
- How come you don't work fourteen hours a day? Your great-great-grandparents did. How come you only work the eight-hour day? Four guys got hanged fighting… Day
- People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are ready for single-payer health insurance.' We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not… All
- Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits. Inspirational