Studs Terkel's Quote - Thats why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us

Quote by Studs Terkel

Thats 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. Its like a tonic. – Studs Terkel

Other quotes by Studs Terkel

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, Studs, youre an optimist. I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because whats the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven. – Studs Terkel

Category:

Hope

Author

Studs Terkel

Read Quote

I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it. – Studs Terkel

Category:

Beauty

Author

Studs Terkel

Read Quote

Im 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. – Studs Terkel

Category:

Leadership

Author

Studs Terkel

Read Quote

Other Quotes from

Health

Random Quotes

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods. – Demosthenes

Category:

Independence

So I decided to move that scene in the doctors office to two-thirds into the movie, after the viewers had come to know Ryan and Ali and share in their happiness. – Arthur Hiller

Category:

Happiness

I think films have to reach people and really grab them. Thats what I hope to do when I make a film – to get under your skin and really make you think about something, and have a transporting time that takes you somewhere. – Mira Nair

Category:

Hope

Education is the cheap defense of nations. – Edmund Burke

Category:

Education