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.
ADAM SAVAGEIt’s a treat to see the sun rise over the desert. What am I saying? It’s a treat to fire off a rocket car over the desert!
More Adam Savage Quotes
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They are 14 years old, and I explain to them frequently that they will never realize the glory of a snow day.
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It’s a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in.
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This is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’
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Gravity. It’s not just a good idea; it’s the law!
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New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard.
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I reject your reality and substitute my own.
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I had saved a few hundred photos of dodo skeletons into my ‘Creative Projects’ folder
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I would have to say that looked like it hurt.
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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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Lists are how I parse and manage the world.
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These objects were sometimes just 12 inches across yet needed enough detail to fill a movie screen.
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Half of it is absolutely genuine, and half of it is us playing around with that fact.
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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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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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In the summer of 2002, we had spent six weeks shooting the three pilots of Mythbusters, and Jamie[Hyneman] called me up afterward
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The coolest toys don’t have to be bought; they can be built.
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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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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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Am I missing an eyebrow?
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It’s sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity.
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I mean it’s ridiculous. People just walk up and grab you and hold you, because they love Chewbacca so much.
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We’re discovering the hidden orders of the universe every day.
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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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That’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.
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Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long.
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I go home at the end of the day and I rarely talk about what I did that day.
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