Quotes from Adam Savage

Lists are how I parse and manage the world.

The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my lifetime. Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard.

In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.

It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

That's the show. it's like 5 minutes of science and then 10 minutes of me hurting myself.

Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

Failure is always an option.

When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the 'Star Wars' movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.

We didn't set out to be educators or even scientists, and we don't purport that what we do is real science but we're demonstrating a methodology by which one can engage and satisfy your curiosity.

That was cool and that sucked all at the same time.

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

Jamie doesn't like to do anything hastily, and I like to do everything incredibly hastily. So therein you have the dichotomy of our patterns.

Bigger is always better.

Let's blow some stuff up.

We're not leaving here without Buster, man. Leave no crash-test dummy behind!

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.

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. It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.

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.

I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas!

There's few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody's going to take care of you. That you have to do the heavy lifting while you're here. And when you don't, well, you suffer the consequences.

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.

Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.