Mythbusters Quotes

• I reject your reality and substitute my own.

  Adam Savage

  Reality, Intelligence, Fierce

  Twitter post from Oct 21, 2013

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• Failure is always an option.

  Adam Savage

  Twitter post from Dec 31, 2016

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• The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.

  Adam Savage

  Funny, Writing, Science

  TV Series "MythBusters" ("Bouncing Bullet", 2012), (2003- ).

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• I have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I think about things, forgiving me when I do less than I ought. Giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I’m capable of. I believe they know everything that I do and think, and they still love me, and I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me.

  Adam Savage

  Wisdom, Believe, Thinking

  Speech at the Reason Rally, blog.skepticallibertarian.com. March 26, 2012.

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• If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.

  Adam Savage

  Dignity, Humiliating, Has Beens

  "MythBusters". www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• That's our job - to strap rockets onto everything.

  Adam Savage

  Jobs, Rockets

  "'MythBusters' ('Bulletproof Water')". Documentary, Reality-TV, (2003 - ).

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• I just had one of those 'what the hell are we doing' moments.

  Adam Savage

  Fierce, Hell, Moments

  "MythBusters/ Buster Special". Documentary, Mystery, Reality-TV, 2005.

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• I'm always so glad I have no idea what you're vacantly chatting about," said Jace. It fills me with a sense of peace and well-being.

  Cassandra Clare

  Ideas, Fallen Angels, Jace

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1530, Simon and Schuster

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• Am I missing an eyebrow?

  Adam Savage

  Eyebrows, Missing

  "'Mythbusters': On A Healthy Fear Of Propane And The State Of Special Effects". Interview with Linda Holmes, www.npr.org. June 16, 2010.

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• I have a secret weapon. And it could have something to do with special robot knowledge.

  Grant Imahara

  Secret, Special, Robots

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• Hopefully, the 27th time's the charm!

  Grant Imahara

  Charm, Hopefully

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• I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.

  Adam Savage

  Believe, Moral, I Believe

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• I wouldn't say jamie is an evil genius. I'm not sure he's evil and I'm not sure he's a genius.

  Adam Savage

  Evil, Genius, Jamie

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• How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?!

  Adam Savage

  Blow, Gasoline, Rooms

  "MythBusters". Documentary, Reality-TV, (2003 - ).

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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.

  Adam Savage

  Children, Church, Generations

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• Whether it's the experiments on 'MythBusters' or my earlier work in special effects for movies, I've regularly had to do things that were never done before, from designing complex motion-control rigs to figuring out how to animate chocolate.

  Adam Savage

  Design, Chocolate, Special

  "Potentially awesome outcomes: Adam Savage on the courage to try". www.wired.com. October 30, 2012.

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• I think "MythBusters" is a step up from special effects because we not only have to make things look like they work, they actually do have to work. It's more challenging and even transcendental.

  Jamie Hyneman

  Thinking, Challenges, Special

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• The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the Mythbusters’ heart and there’s no small reason that they’ve embraced us. That’s our people. That’s the way we like to think.

  Adam Savage

  Heart, Thinking, People

  "Stay Curious with Jamie and Adam of Mythbusters". Interview with Jenny Williams, www.wired.com. October 5, 2009.

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• Technology is usually there to let some process go on hidden in the background. For us on 'MythBusters,' 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 Savage

  Technology, Always Trying, Goes On

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• I always telling people to "not try this at home," because most of what we do on MythBusters is really dangerous. Consequently, we can't encourage people to try that stuff.

  Jamie Hyneman

  Home, People, Trying

  Source: www.timeout.com

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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 - well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop - and he said, "Well, that was kind of fun, wasn't it? I mean, I don't see where this could go, because we pretty much did everything. But it was fun."

  Adam Savage

  Summer, Fun, Mean

  Source: www.avclub.com

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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. You know, it's the best job I've ever had, on its worst day it's better than anything else, but it's a huge amount of responsibility, and there are days when just going into work and building something from someone else's drawing sounds like going back to heaven.

  Adam Savage

  Jobs, Responsibility, Best Job

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I have to say for both of us [ with Adam Savage], this experience that we've been having here has changed us dramatically, and we've evolved since we've come on the scene with Mythbusters, because of what we've learned, and that, I think, is the biggest reward for us.

  Jamie Hyneman

  Thinking, Savages, Rewards

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Dealing with effects, as a job it's great, but with Mythbusters, the stuff we've seen, the stuff we've absorbed over the years, has just been fantastic, and I wouldn't change it for the world.

  Jamie Hyneman

  Jobs, Years, World

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The 'Mythbusters' crew, we monitor the Discovery boards, we look for the new ideas that are being forwarded on those boards, and we keep track of what's going on, we keep updated.

  Adam Savage

  Discovery, Ideas, Track

  "Mythbusters' Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage". Interview with Genevieve Koski, www.avclub.com. April 08, 2008.

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