Becoming Quote by Martin Yan

My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer.

— Sam Brownback

My dad was in the restaurant business, but I didn't really think about following him. Had I done better at school, I don't know…

— David Chang

I was raised to farm work.

— Abraham Lincoln

My dad was a master butcher and I trained to be a butcher when I left school. I didn't enjoy it at the time…

— Brendan Coyle

Growing up in eastern Turkey, I was not really involved with the family business - sheep and cow farming, yogurt and cheese making. But…

— Hamdi Ulukaya

My father was in charge of managing the farm.

— Julia Child

My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability.

— Thomas Jane

I came from a farming background, and my career was teaching.

— Seamus Heaney

We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad made his own products. We made our own sausages, our…

— Marcy Kaptur

I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly.

— Lawrence Welk

My father cried when I said I wanted to be a chef.

— Michael Symon

I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family.

— Bjork