If we are lending money that ostensibly we don't have to kids who have no hope of making it back in order to train them for jobs that clearly don't exist, I might suggest that we've gone around the bend… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
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. Many people today resent the suggestion that they’re in charge of the way they feel.Those people are mistaken. That was a big lesson and I learned it several hundred times before it stuck. What you… — Mike Rowe Copy Share
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… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
In a very general way, our society has fallen out of love with the skilled trades. Part of the problem is a myriad of… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
The skills gap is a reflection of what we value. To close the gap, we need to change the way the country feels about… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs. — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
My mothers dad dropped out of the eighth grade to work. He had to. By the time he was 30, he was a master… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
Every bad joke, every endorsement deal, all of the things that a typical host would normally get creamed for, people don't mind, because they… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
Some jobs pay better, some jobs smell better, and some jobs have no business being treated like careers. But work is never the enemy,… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
I rarely do anything on the show by myself. I dont want it to be about me. Squatting in the sewer in San Francisco, its really hot, were up to our knees in a river of crap. Rats and cockroaches are all over. I would never, ever walk into that environment, except for the fact that the guy who does… — Mike Rowe Copy Share
