Nick Offerman Quotes & Sayings

“My uncles, who are farmers in Minooka, Illinois - I grew up with them and their pickup trucks and mustaches, and to me that was masculinity: big hairy sweaty guys who could pick up a bus.”

“If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza.”

“And what we've lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things you can do.”

“If you're an original thinker, you are going get told 'no' a lot, and you have to be able to hear 'no' many times from the bankers and trust that at some point, someone is going to recognize that you are an artist and not a can of soda.”

“You know, even working actors can end up having a lot of spare time. And you can either go sit at the Starbucks and wait for your agent to call you, or you can go learn how to build a Shaker blanket chest with hand-cut dovetails.”

“I think it's fascinating that I receive attention for what people perceive to be a level of manliness or machismo, when amongst my family of farmers and paramedics and regular Americans, I'm kind of the sissy in my family.”

“You know, it's hard to beat bacon at anytime of day. But I also am a big fan of corned beef hash.”

“I've had to learn and discipline myself that I'm much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It's just that simple.”

“I would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation.”

“I have a corn creamer that I love. It extracts pulp and juice from kernels, and I simmer that down into a creamed corn that has an almost mashed potato-like consistency. I add butter and hit it with chopped fresh chives at the end for an accent of color.”