I mean it’s ridiculous. People just walk up and grab you and hold you, because they love Chewbacca so much.
ADAM SAVAGEI learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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There is so much history in New York State, from the Erie Canal to the Catskills, the birth of American stand-up comedy.
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I’m actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.
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sticks and stones can only break bones; but words can shatter the soul
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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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Firemen have the coolest toys ever!
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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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And we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest.
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We’re allowed to explore the world at large on these things; the urban-legend aspect of it is just kind of an excuse.
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And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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That you have to do the heavy lifting while you’re here. And when you don’t, well, you suffer the consequences.
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I’m not gonna shoot anyone with the pellet gun… Not unless I have to!
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In fact, sometimes the only way they’ll ever exist is if you make them yourself.
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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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When someone tells us something we’re doing wrong on the boards, we try to respond, we try to be responsive to the fan boards, but yeah, I can’t read them.
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I reject your reality and substitute my own.
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I think the whole thing that Jamie [Hyneman] and I have in working together is that we are constantly simplifying each other’s designs,
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Whether it’s the experiments on ‘MythBusters’ or my earlier work in special effects for movies
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I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.
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In theory, cars are fairly simple. If they don’t start, it’s either the fuel system or the electrical system.
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You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest.
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So my wife’s experience is just like that of anybody else whose husband goes away to a blue collar job and comes home bruised and dirty and often proud of the work that they’re doing.
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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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Remember kids, I have life insurance.
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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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We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park.
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