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Work ethic is important because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, charisma, or any other natural attribute, it's a choice.

Author: Mike Rowe - American Celebrity
  Work , Important , Intelligence , Choice


I come from a blue collar family, but my personal life isn't. I didn't get the gene that my grandfather had in spades. He was a local hero. Built the church that I went to. Built the house I grew up in. Steamfitter, pipefitter, electrician, mechanic and plumber. I wanted to do those things. But it just didn't come easy.

Author: Mike Rowe - American Celebrity
  Life , Family , Blue , Hero


There is a lot of stuff we can't control, but it is completely in our power to decide what the definition of what a good job is. That's up to us.

Author: Mike Rowe - American Celebrity
  Good , Job , Power , Control


Dirt used to be a badge of honor. Dirt used to look like work. But we've scrubbed the dirt off the face of work, and consequently we've created this suspicion of anything that's too dirty.

Author: Mike Rowe - American Celebrity
  Honor , Look , Work , Face


Boredom is a choice. Like tardiness. Or interrupting.

Author: Mike Rowe - American Celebrity
  Like , Choice , Boredom , Tardiness


I'm looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past.

Author: Mike Rowe - American Celebrity


I've got one of those over-stuffed leather chairs from the Pottery Barn. It faces north. I live in San Francisco, so there's the Golden Gate Bridge off to the left, and there's Alcatraz off to the right, and I've got a pile of pulp fiction next to me, and there's usually a decent bottle of red wine next to the fireplace.

Author: Mike Rowe - American Celebrity
  Me , Bridge , Red , Wine


The one thing that TV is bad at doing is preaching. There are two extremes, you either turn the people into a punchline or turn them into hero, and both of those things suck, because most people are neither in real life.

Author: Mike Rowe - American Celebrity
  Life , You , People , Hero


If you're trying to raise a son, it gives you a chance to say things like, 'Chop your own wood; it will warm you twice.'

Author: Mike Rowe - American Celebrity
  You , Will , Chance , Son


I always complain because I'm old now and everything hurts.

Author: Mike Rowe - American Celebrity
  Everything , Always , Hurts , Old


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