Quotes from Mike Rowe

I'm allergic to rocks hitting me in the face.

Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.

Don't follow your passion, but always bring it with you.

We are lending money we don't have to kids who can't pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist.

Work hard AND smart.

Why worry about doing something you love? Figure out what the opportunity is. Find a thing, get good at it, learn to love it later.

So you're saying that after I take a disappointing shower I should get in bed and lay there and weep?

Spend a few hours every week studying American history, human nature, and economic theory. Start with "Economics in One Lesson." Then try Keynes. Then Hayek. Then Marx. Then Hegel. Develop a worldview that you can articulate as well as defend. Test your theory with people who disagree with you. Debate. Argue. Adjust your philosophy as necessary.

My father has a tendency to start conversations in the middle of sentences. He's also suspicious of anything modern - like nouns.

The fact that we heated most of the old farmhouse with nothing but a woodstove was a source of great pride for my father and endless inspiration for witticisms like, "Chop your own wood it'll warm you twice!

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