Coal miners Quote by F. Murray Abraham

Actually, I've been a mechanic. My first job was in a gas station changing tires and pumping gas.

— Luke Hemsworth

I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.

— Tom Jones

I didn't grow up to become a mechanic - but some of my classmates did. And they've been able to build good, middle class…

— Ralph Northam

I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what…

— Harrison Ford

I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.

— Toby Young

I've been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder.

— Neal Asher

I started working in the oilfield upon graduating high school. I was on the service end of it, driving tank trucks for Johnny Geer…

— Harold Hamm

As a young kid I wanted to be a truck driver.

— Adriano Zumbo

I became a welder. I was actually becoming an Engineer and I joined the wrong queue. And so I became a welder, without knowing…

— Billy Connolly

My grandad was a miner. My father, brother, and uncles all work in industry.

— Faye Marsay

I thought I'd become a welder if my racing career ended.

— Kevin Magnussen

I was always good at fixing things growing up. I wanted to work on boats. That was what my dad did.

— Finn Cole