Building Quote by Roy Orbison

My dad was career Army.

— Reg E. Cathey

My dad's first-ever real true job was at Ford Motor Company. He was a UAW member.

— Rashida Tlaib

My dad was a cross-country truck driver.

— John Searles

My dad, Clarence, was a construction worker who fixed cars on the side. He'd repair them in the street where I played sports.

— Dawn Staley

My dad is military and law enforcement.

— Brittney Griner

My grandfather on one side was trained as a cabinetmaker but eventually worked as a coachbuilder and then built cars. I inherited from him…

— Richard Hammond

My father was a manual worker.

— Diane Abbott

My friends and neighbors were always fixing their cars. Soldiers who felt restless wanted to work on something, and they understood cars. Me, I…

— Edward Ruscha

Everybody in my family who had a job worked in the auto industry or something related to it.

— Stacy Brown-Philpot

I grew up all over the South. My dad just kind of followed construction.

— Lacey Evans

I come from a blue-collar family. My father worked at the American Can Company as a mechanic. He broke his back and was disabled,…

— Joseph Abboud

My uncle is a mechanic, and I wish I had paid more attention, but I never did.

— Lucas Till