The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century ADAM SAVAGE CollectionCompleteCountryCuttingDodoFeetMuseumSpecimen
Well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop – and he said, “ ADAM SAVAGE BackCallCalledClearCrapFirstShopTell
Half of it is absolutely genuine, and half of it is us playing around with that fact. ADAM SAVAGE AbsolutelyAroundFactGenuineHalfPlaying
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. ADAM SAVAGE DespiteFastKnowingPaceRightToolWorkWorse
Teach yourself about the path of each in your engine and tracing it is fairly straightforward. But at the beginning, mastering each new system seems like an unreachable shore. ADAM SAVAGE BeginningEngineMasteringShoreStraightforwardSystemTeachTracingUnreachable
Growing up in New York, I was sort of shocked when I realized that my children are Californians. ADAM SAVAGE ChildrenCountryGrowing UpRealizing
Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things. ADAM SAVAGE GeekInventoriesInventoryLearningThing
The closer the deadline, the more likely you’ll start thinking waaay outside the box. ADAM SAVAGE BoxCloserDeadlineLikelyStartThinkingWay Outside
I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. ADAM SAVAGE AgeEarlyKeyKidLearnedPowerfulThingWanted
It’s a treat to see the sun rise over the desert. What am I saying? It’s a treat to fire off a rocket car over the desert! ADAM SAVAGE CarDesertFireOverRiseSunTreat
And we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest. ADAM SAVAGE AppreciateDirtiestElegantExpensiveFastestMostSolution
There are jokes I tell in the show that don’t get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers. ADAM SAVAGE AudienceCriticalFrontJokeLaughShowThinkingUnless
Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono. ADAM SAVAGE BonoChewbaccaConDressesFloorMeanmightPeopleWalkingWell
We don’t necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos. ADAM SAVAGE EthosEveryFaultMethodologyNecessarilyStandTime
In the summer of 2002, we had spent six weeks shooting the three pilots of Mythbusters, and Jamie[Hyneman] called me up afterward ADAM SAVAGE FunMeanMythbusterPilotShootingSixSpentSummerWeek
They are 14 years old, and I explain to them frequently that they will never realize the glory of a snow day. ADAM SAVAGE ExplainFourteenFrequentlyneverOldRealizeYear
There’s few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard. ADAM SAVAGE CrapGraduationHardInspirationalOverThingWorkingYou
Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. ADAM SAVAGE DepthIgnoranceMakingMostlyProjectTask