Studs Terkel Quotes

How goddamn foolish it is, the war. They's no war in the worth that's worth fightin' for. I don't ca...

That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that...

To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us.

Everybody's entitled to that forty acres and a mule. You're going to do the work, but you have to ha...

I want a language that speaks the truth.

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I ne...

Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add,...

Chicago is not the most corrupt of cities. The state of New Jersey has a couple. Need we mention Nev...

I think most of us are looking for a calling, not a job. Most of us, like the assembly-line worker, ...

I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with eac...

I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native i...