You give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate, you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from ‘Star Wars’
ADAM SAVAGEI like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!
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The explosions, like the urban legends, are a great way of bringing people in to watch, because it’s really fun, and you know we’re always going to give you a satisfying ending.
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Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can’t cash.
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Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting.
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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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Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren’t our audience – it’s the critical thinkers we love.
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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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That was excellent! I mean, it didn’t do anything, but it looked really cool!
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Growing up in New York, I was sort of shocked when I realized that my children are Californians.
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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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The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.
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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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Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences.
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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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