--- title: "Best Studs Terkel Quotations" description: "Studs Terkel was an American writer, historian, actor and broadcaster who won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for The Good War." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-studs-terkel-87714.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-studs-terkel-87714.jpg) # Studs Terkel (1912–2008) Journalist United States **142** quotes in **679** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet 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 · Page 4 > [“The total cost of the Federal Arts Project was only $23 million. Many of these paintings, sculptures and prints were given to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/the-total-cost-of-the-federal-arts-project-was-only-23-million-many/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Federal Arts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/federal-arts-2833554/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/studs-terkel-3020_federal-arts_the-total-cost-of-the-federal-arts-proje_295519.jpg) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/we-re-born-eventually-to-die-of-course-but-what-happens-between-the/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Born](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/studs-terkel-3020_born_we-re-born-eventually-to-die-of-course-b_2923199.jpg) > [Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/work-is-about-a-search-for-daily-meaning-as-well-as-daily-bread-for-2/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Astonishment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/studs-terkel-3020_astonishment_work-is-about-a-search-for-daily-meaning_2964912.jpg) > [No matter what the issues are, it has to be handled at the grassroots. When you take part in something, even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/no-matter-what-the-issues-are-it-has-to-be-handled-at-the-grassroots/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Grassroots](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grassroots/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/studs-terkel-3020_grassroots_no-matter-what-the-issues-are-it-has-to_2732000.jpg) > [“It was an exciting community, where we lived in Washington. The basic feeling—and I don’t think this is just nostalgia—was one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/it-was-an-exciting-community-where-we-lived-in-washington-the-basic/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Happiness life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/studs-terkel-3020_happiness-life_it-was-an-exciting-community-where-we-li_1286134.jpg) > [Why are we born? We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/why-are-we-born-we-re-born-eventually-to-die-of-course-but-what/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Between](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/between/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/studs-terkel-3020_between_why-are-we-born-we-re-born-eventually-to_1140785.jpg) > [People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/people-are-hungry-for-stories-it-s-part-of-our-very-being-2/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Form](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/form/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/studs-terkel-3020_form_people-are-hungry-for-stories-it-s-part_3034998.jpg) > [“We have two Governments in Washington: one run by the elected people—which is a minor part—and one run by the moneyed interests,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/we-have-two-governments-in-washington-one-run-by-the-elected-people/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Governments](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/governments/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/studs-terkel-3020_governments_we-have-two-governments-in-washington-on_622368.jpg) > [You know, 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely?' It's the same with powerlessness. Absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely. Einstein said everything had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/you-know-power-corrupts-and-absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely-it-s/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Absolute power](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-power/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/studs-terkel-3020_absolute-power_you-know-power-corrupts-and-absolute-pow_690357.jpg) > [I guess I was seeking some balance in the wildlife of the city as Rachel Carson sought it in nature. In unbalanced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-guess-i-was-seeking-some-balance-in-the-wildlife-of-the-city-as/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Balance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/studs-terkel-3020_balance_i-guess-i-was-seeking-some-balance-in-th_2888793.jpg) > [Perhaps it is this specter that most haunts working men and women: the planned obsolescence of people that is of a piece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/perhaps-it-is-this-specter-that-most-haunts-working-men-and-women-the/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Men](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/studs-terkel-3020_men_perhaps-it-is-this-specter-that-most-hau_3083212.jpg) > [That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/that-s-why-i-wrote-this-book-to-show-how-these-people-can-imbue-us/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/studs-terkel-3020_action_that-s-why-i-wrote-this-book-to-show-how_829513.jpg) > [One of the definitive works on gay life. Through this collective testimony we may come to understand what it is to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/one-of-the-definitive-works-on-gay-life-through-this-collective/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Collectives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/collectives/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/studs-terkel-3020_collectives_one-of-the-definitive-works-on-gay-life_898467.jpg) > [On the evening bus, the tense, pinched faces of young file clerks and elderly secretaries tell us more than we care to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/on-the-evening-bus-the-tense-pinched-faces-of-young-file-clerks-and/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Behinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behinds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/studs-terkel-3020_behinds_on-the-evening-bus-the-tense-pinched-fac_1870727.jpg) > [I never drove a car. I'm hopeless that way. I press the wrong buttons on the tape recorder. But if the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-never-drove-a-car-i-m-hopeless-that-way-i-press-the-wrong-buttons/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Buttons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buttons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/studs-terkel-3020_buttons_i-never-drove-a-car-i-m-hopeless-that-wa_254863.jpg) > [For the next century, we've got to put together what we so carelessly tore apart with so little concern for those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/for-the-next-century-we-ve-got-to-put-together-what-we-so-carelessly/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Apart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68a/studs-terkel-3020_century_for-the-next-century-we-ve-got-to-put-to_1809698.jpg) > [A guy I interviewed for Hard Times says, "What do I remember about the Great Depression? That I was hungry, that's all."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/a-guy-i-interviewed-for-hard-times-says-what-do-i-remember-about-the/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Depression](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depression/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/studs-terkel-3020_depression_a-guy-i-interviewed-for-hard-times-says_2370586.jpg) > [Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not forlong,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/something-was-still-there-that-something-that-distinguishes-an-artist/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/studs-terkel-3020_art_something-was-still-there-that-something_3179827.jpg) > [I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/i-m-not-up-on-the-internet-but-i-hear-that-is-a-democratic/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Democratic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democratic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/studs-terkel-3020_democratic_i-m-not-up-on-the-internet-but-i-hear-th_1383807.jpg) > [People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are ready for single-payer health insurance.' We are the only industrialized country in the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/people-are-ready-to-say-yes-we-are-ready-for-single-payer-health/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/studs-terkel-3020_country_people-are-ready-to-say-yes-we-are-ready_2807024.jpg) > [We use the word 'hope' perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: 'I hope it's a nice day.' 'Hopefully,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/we-use-the-word-hope-perhaps-more-often-than-any-other-word-in-the/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Be good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-good/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/studs-terkel-3020_be-good_we-use-the-word-hope-perhaps-more-often_1059423.jpg) > [With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/with-optimism-you-look-upon-the-sunny-side-of-things-people-say-studs/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Alternatives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alternatives/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/studs-terkel-3020_alternatives_with-optimism-you-look-upon-the-sunny-si_801535.jpg) ## Studs Terkel by topic [People (27)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/studs-terkel/) [Books (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/studs-terkel/) [Book (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/studs-terkel/) [Time (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/studs-terkel/) [Life (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/studs-terkel/) [Hope (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope/studs-terkel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/#itemlist", "name": "Studs Terkel Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The total cost of the Federal Arts Project was only $23 million. 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