Forever, the way we’ve done that is through storytelling. It is difficult to let the truth get in the way of a good story.
ADAM SAVAGEHow hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?!
More Adam Savage Quotes
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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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The car is effectively a black box.
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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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There is no dignity in television.
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That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show.
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I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
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Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.
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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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I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.
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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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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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This is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’
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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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Prayer doesn’t work because someone out there is listening, it works because someone in here is listening.
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Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting.
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