It’s funny; it’s a real balancing act. In TV, everybody’s talking about authenticity. In order to make ‘Dirty Jobs’ authentic, I really can’t be overly informed. The minute I am, I become a host It’s a very tricky business paying a tribute to work, because TV is very bad at it.

— Mike Rowe

Mike Rowe Quotes

I can say the willingness to get dirty has always defined us as an nation, and it’s a hallmark of hard work and a hallmark of fun, and dirt is not the enemy.

— Mike Rowe

It’s funny; it’s a real balancing act. In TV, everybody’s talking about authenticity. In order to make ‘Dirty Jobs’ authentic, I really can’t be overly informed. The minute I am, I become a host It’s a very tricky business paying a tribute to work, because TV is very bad at it.

— Mike Rowe

I wouldn’t wish any specific thing for any specific person – it’s none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane. It’s insane.

— Mike Rowe

Good jobs look a lot like kids playing and adults working.

— Mike Rowe

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

— Mike Rowe

People with dirty jobs are happier than you think. As a group, they’re the happiest people I know.

— Mike Rowe

You’ve got a lot of very, very smart people standing by waiting for somebody else to do the work. Not a recipe for long-term solvency in my opinion.

— Mike Rowe

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

— Mike Rowe

Grateful

Innovation without imitation is a complete waste of time.

— Mike Rowe

The thing that makes ‘Dirty Jobs’ different is that it’s one of the few shows that portrays work in a way that doesn’t highlight the drudgery. Instead, it highlights the humor.

— Mike Rowe

Short-cuts lead to long delays.

— Mike Rowe

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

— Mike Rowe

There’s really not a difference between an octopus and, like, a giant pile of snot.

— Mike Rowe

The search for truth in cyberspace will take you through the wormhole, and there’s nothing on the other side but pedants and nitpickers and bottomless ambiguity. If you’re not careful, you’ll spend all your time proving everything and understanding nothing.

— Mike Rowe

Anything worth doing hurts a little.

— Mike Rowe

Always flat front. You’ve got to be deeply suspicious of a man who consciously goes with pleats. Why would you do that?

— Mike Rowe

Most of the things I do brand wise are both missionary and mercenary in their position, and that’s really important to me; that’s one of the first things I look at when I say, ‘does it make sense to do a deal?’

— Mike Rowe

It’s about, when did it make sense to say one size fits everybody? It never ever ever made sense to do that, and yet we’re still selling education the same way we sold it when you and I were in high school.

— Mike Rowe

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.

— Mike Rowe

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.

— Mike Rowe

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