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# Studs Terkel

(1912–2008)   Journalist   United States

 **142** quotes in **679** categories

Studs Terkel celebrates curiosity, saying it didn’t kill the cat. He notes that joining community actions can act like a tonic for health, and he urges people to be interested in inquiry rather than strict examiners. He also believes reading should be a lively conversation, not a silent task.

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Studs Terkel was a journalist from the United States, best known for *Hard times: an oral history of the great depression*.

## Quick Facts About Studs Terkel

Born May 16, 1912

Died October 31, 2008

Nationality United States

Profession Journalist

Notable works Hard times: an oral history of the great depression

## About Studs Terkel

He is best remembered for his oral histories that captured everyday Americans’ stories, and he hosted a long‑running radio show in Chicago that featured interviews and cultural discussions. His work earned him the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for the book The Good War.

## Awards & Honors

Thomas Merton Award National Book Award Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Peabody Awards George Polk Award National Humanities Medal Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award

Show 6 more awards Paul Robeson Award Q16995068 Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech Eugene V. Debs Award Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award Order of Lincoln

##  Quotes by Studs Terkel

> [“The worst day-to-day operators of businesses are bankers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/the-worst-day-to-day-operators-of-businesses-are-bankers/)

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> [Taking life seriously requires taking death seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/taking-life-seriously-requires-taking-death-seriously/)

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> [People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/people-are-hungry-for-stories-it-s-part-of-our-very-being/)

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> [I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-hope-for-peace-and-sanity-it-s-the-same-thing/)

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> [My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/my-epitaph-my-epitaph-will-be-curiosity-did-not-kill-this-cat/)

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[Cat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cat/)

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> [Don't be an examiner, be the interested inquirer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/don-t-be-an-examiner-be-the-interested-inquirer/)

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> [I'm celebrated for celebrating the uncelebrated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-m-celebrated-for-celebrating-the-uncelebrated/)

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> [So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/so-people-are-ready-i-feel-hopeful-in-that-sense/)

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> [More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/more-and-more-we-are-into-communications-and-less-and-less-into/)

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> [I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-always-love-to-quote-albert-einstein-because-nobody-dares/)

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> [“I don’t know if I’m partisan to the underdog or whether I’m the underdog.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-don-t-know-if-i-m-partisan-to-the-underdog-or-whether-i-m-the/)

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> [All you need in life is truth and beauty and you can find both at the Public Library.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/all-you-need-in-life-is-truth-and-beauty-and-you-can-find-both-at-the/)

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> [You can work next to a guy for months without even knowing his name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/you-can-work-next-to-a-guy-for-months-without-even-knowing-his-name/)

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> [I was born in the year the Titanic sank. The Titanic went down, and I came up. That tells you a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-was-born-in-the-year-the-titanic-sank-the-titanic-went-down-and-i/)

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> [I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-want-of-course-peace-grace-and-beauty-how-do-you-do-that-you-work/)

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> [Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/religion-obviously-played-a-role-in-this-book-and-the-previous-book/)

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> [I presumably lost $150,000 in the depression of 1937—on my one stock investment—because I did everything Lehman Brothers told me. I said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-presumably-lost-150-000-in-the-depression-of-1937-on-my-one-stock/)

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> [When I put the plate down, you don't hear a sound. When I pick up a glass, I want it to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/when-i-put-the-plate-down-you-don-t-hear-a-sound-when-i-pick-up-a/)

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> [We are the most powerful nation in the world, but we're not the only nation in the world. We are not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/we-are-the-most-powerful-nation-in-the-world-but-we-re-not-the-only/)

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> [“They would sit and talk and tell us their hard luck story. Whether it was true or not, we never questioned it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/they-would-sit-and-talk-and-tell-us-their-hard-luck-story-whether-it/)

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> [At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the public's pocket are the order of the day - indeed, officially proclaimed as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/at-a-time-when-pimpery-lick-spittlery-and-picking-the-public-s-pocket/)

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> [Dorothy Day said - and I'm sure that Kathy Kelly would say the same thing - 'I'm working toward a world in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/dorothy-day-said-and-i-m-sure-that-kathy-kelly-would-say-the-same/)

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> [I suppose if I have an epitaph it would be: "Curiosity Did Not Kill This Cat." I don't see retiring in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-suppose-if-i-have-an-epitaph-it-would-be-curiosity-did-not-kill/)

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> [I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-ve-always-felt-in-all-my-books-that-there-s-a-deep-decency-in-the/)

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> [Smug respectability, like the poor, we've had with us always. Today, however, ... such obtuseness is an indulgence we can no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/smug-respectability-like-the-poor-we-ve-had-with-us-always-today/)

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> [“In the meantime, I would work in the relief office and I began interviewing people . . . and found out how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/in-the-meantime-i-would-work-in-the-relief-office-and-i-began/)

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> [“Most people were raised to think they are not worthy. School is a process of taking beautiful kids who are filled with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/most-people-were-raised-to-think-they-are-not-worthy-school-is-a/)

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> [Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/heroes-are-not-giant-statues-framed-against-a-red-sky-they-are-people/)

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> [The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/the-history-of-those-who-shed-those-other-tears-the-history-of-those/)

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> [It is still the arena of those who dream of the City of Man and those who envision a City of Things.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/it-is-still-the-arena-of-those-who-dream-of-the-city-of-man-and-those/)

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> [“This book, being about work, is, by its very nature, about violence - to the spirit as well as to the body.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/this-book-being-about-work-is-by-its-very-nature-about-violence-to/)

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> [I call myself a radical conservative. What's that? Well, let's analyze it. Go to the dictionary. Radical: One who gets to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-call-myself-a-radical-conservative-what-s-that-well-let-s-analyze/)

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> [“I’ll never forget one of the first families I visited. The father was a railroad man who had lost his job. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-ll-never-forget-one-of-the-first-families-i-visited-the-father-was/)

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> [“I wanted to be at my parents’ house when electricity came. It was in 1940. We’d all go around flipping the switch,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-wanted-to-be-at-my-parents-house-when-electricity-came-it-was-in/)

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> [“I’ll never forget that Depression Easter Sunday. Our son was four years old. I bought ten or fifteen cents’ worth of eggs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-ll-never-forget-that-depression-easter-sunday-our-son-was-four/)

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> [“After the stock market crash, some New York editors suggested that hearings be held: what had really caused the Depression? They were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/after-the-stock-market-crash-some-new-york-editors-suggested-that/)

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> [“It’s a strange thing. This is only thirty-five years ago—Roosevelt, Wallace. We have a new generation in business today. Successful. It’s surprising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/it-s-a-strange-thing-this-is-only-thirty-five-years-ago-roosevelt/)

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> [“Ruby Bates, one of the young white girls, was a remarkable person. She told me she had been driven into prostitution when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/ruby-bates-one-of-the-young-white-girls-was-a-remarkable-person-she/)

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> [“We thought of the poor, at that time, as quite divorced from us, who were not poor. By the exercise of one’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/we-thought-of-the-poor-at-that-time-as-quite-divorced-from-us-who/)

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> [One night a guy hit his head on a welding gun. He went to his knees. He was bleeding like a pig,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/one-night-a-guy-hit-his-head-on-a-welding-gun-he-went-to-his-knees-he/)

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