In the summer of 2002, we had spent six weeks shooting the three pilots of Mythbusters, and Jamie[Hyneman] called me up afterward
ADAM SAVAGEI am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest.
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That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show.
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I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion should be. So, I would say I’m more optimistic than pessimistic.
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That’s OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
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In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a ‘failed experiment.’ Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
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The idea of a portable kit that has everything you might need ignites something inside me. It’s like Batman’s utility belt.
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Prayer doesn’t work because someone out there is listening, it works because someone in here is listening.
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I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted.
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These are people from everywhere, from Lawrence Livermore and JPL and Sandia National Labs, the FBI, all over the place, real scientists who see what we’re doing, and they consistently thank us.
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I’m a lifelong movie addict, and one of my favorite projects is making replica props and costumes.
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That’s our job – to strap rockets onto everything.
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From earliest times, humans – explorers and thinkers – have wanted to figure out the shape of their world.
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I’ve paid attention. I’ve pictured what I want to happen in my life.
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Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences.
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I like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it.
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