Adam Savage Quotes

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

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Failure is always an option.

We are always works in progress. You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest. This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.

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

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.

The coolest toys don't have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they'll ever exist is if you make them yourself.

Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can't cash.

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.

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

I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.

Bad spellers of the world untie!

Don't work for fools. It's not worth it. Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.

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.

Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long. The closer the deadline, the more likely you'll start thinking waaay outside the box.

I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. That's a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.

I think the whole thing that Jamie [Hyneman] and I have in working together is that we are constantly simplifying each other's designs, and we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest.

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

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. It's a pointless delay that wrecks my pace - and mood.

This is the point in the show where we say, 'Oh, what else do we have in the van that's flammable?'

The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!

I find that your basic Internet chat board is way too vitriolic for my taste.

I believe that inside every tool is a hammer.

sticks and stones can only break bones; but words can shatter the soul