Adam Savage Quotes - Page 2

I'm always going to be making costumes. It's one of the ways I relax my brain. In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head - learning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.

Gravity. It's not just a good idea; it's the law!

Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!

There's this group online that I frequent. It's a group of prop crazies just like me called the Replica Props Forum, and it's people who trade, make and travel in information about movie props.

I'm not a sculptor; I'm a hard-edged model maker. You give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate, you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from 'Star Wars' - especially parts from 'Star Wars' - I can do this stuff all day long. It's exactly how I made my living for 15 years.

We don't necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.

From earliest times, humans - explorers and thinkers - have wanted to figure out the shape of their world. 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.

I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.

That was excellent! I mean, it didn't do anything, but it looked really cool!

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.

Again, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell, and also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.

There are women who are wishing that they were that piece of tape right now.

Of course, I love tools. I also love arranging them, to the point where I came up with a name for my organizing metric: first-order retrievability.

I would have to say that looked like it hurt.

Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. 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. That's OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.

There is no dignity in television.

Firemen have the coolest toys ever!

Bigger is always better.

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

I've always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there's a little bit of truth to it.

Jamie's gonna go take a break now, and i am going to continue the on-going process of making a fool of myself and go ahead and try it myself.

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?

I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.

My dignity and good television - they'll never meet.

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.