Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.
ADAM SAVAGEThat’s our people. That’s the way we like to think.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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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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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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I’m not gonna shoot anyone with the pellet gun… Not unless I have to!
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That was excellent! I mean, it didn’t do anything, but it looked really cool!
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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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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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Remember kids, I have life insurance.
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The car is effectively a black box.
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And also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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The closer the deadline, the more likely you’ll start thinking waaay outside the box.
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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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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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Learning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.
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Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting.
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It’s a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in.
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