Mike Rowe

You can pull down all the statues you want, it won't change the facts of what happened in history

I'm also looking around and seeing people today convinced they can change our present by altering the past. You can pull down all the statues you want. It's not going to change the facts of what happened. We can't improve the future by shining up the past. It is what it is.

Professional opera singers smell as bad as professional athletes after a game

Opera singing is disgusting. The costumes you have to wear, they smell like a hockey outfit... I've never encountered a professional opera singer in the midst of a performance who smelled any better than an athlete at the end of the fourth quarter.

The handy gene and the athletic gene are often recessive

The truth is, just because you're passionate about something doesn't mean you can't suck at it. The handy gene, like the athletic gene in many cases, is recessive. I didn't get it. The things my grandfather could do with a construction mindset, I just didn't get it.