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.
ADAM SAVAGEIn the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a ‘failed experiment.’ Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
More Adam Savage Quotes
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We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park.
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Bigger is always better.
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I’ve meditated extensively on my family, my future, my past actions and what did and didn’t work for me about them.
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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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Any time I have an Internet connection, there’s a sluice of stuff moving into there, everything from beautiful rings to cockpit photos.
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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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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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I’m obsessed with the form of a toolbox.
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The closer the deadline, the more likely you’ll start thinking waaay outside the box.
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I would have to say that looked like it hurt.
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Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it can also force you to confront the depth of your ignorance and the hugeness of the task.
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The paint literally tells a story: what this thing is made of, where it’s been, what it’s been used for, and for how long.
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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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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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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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