We’re always trying to make the process apparent. So, we have learned to try and never rely on a technological solution when an analogue one is in front of us.
ADAM SAVAGEThat was excellent! I mean, it didn’t do anything, but it looked really cool!
More Adam Savage Quotes
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There’s few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.
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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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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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Remember kids, I have life insurance.
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And there are days when just going into work and building something from someone else’s drawing sounds like going back to heaven.
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The idea of an ordered and elegant universe is a lovely one.
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This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.
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Nearly every one of these – from R2D2 to Hellboy’s revolver – ends with the paint job. And it’s not just cosmetic.
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Jamie’s gonna go take a break now, and i am going to continue the on-going process of making a fool of myself and go ahead and try it myself.
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And I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me.
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The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my lifetime.
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It’s about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.
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In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head
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How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?!
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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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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’s a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in.
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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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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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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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Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can’t cash.
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In fact, sometimes the only way they’ll ever exist is if you make them yourself.
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Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.
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Failure is always an option.
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Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting.
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We are always works in progress.
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