Studs Terkel Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too.”

“I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.'”

“That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic.”

“I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.”

“I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory.”

“So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense.”

“All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white?”

“I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.”