Whether it’s in a phrase like “going over like a lead balloon” or “a needle in a haystack,” or tackling movie myths or even a genre, like MacGyver or James Bond
ADAM SAVAGEThey are 14 years old, and I explain to them frequently that they will never realize the glory of a snow day.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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We didn’t set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don’t purport that what we do is real science but we’re demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity.
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The ‘Mythbusters’ crew, we monitor the Discovery boards, we look for the new ideas that are being forwarded on those boards, and we keep track of what’s going on, we keep updated.
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I think at this point, there’s a certain bizarre chemistry between Jamie [Hyneman] and I that we can’t ignore a lot of the mechanics of, that we’re quite aware of.
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Again, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell,
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The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century
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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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The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?
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Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.
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Technology is usually there to let some process go on hidden in the background. For us on ‘MythBusters,’
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After all those years of doing remote detonations, where we just push a button and something explodes, to actually see a nice big fat line of black smoke heading toward something that will blow up is very satisfying.
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it was actually mummified, skin and all – but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire.
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And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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I felt like I had kind of played it out, and I wanted to see what was next, and then came Mythbusters.
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I’m always going to be making costumes. It’s one of the ways I relax my brain.
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I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.
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