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Adam Savage Quotes

Total quotes: 11
“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”
— Adam Savage, Stay Curious with Jamie and Adam of Mythbusters
Tagged: Thinking, Attitude, Curiosity, Creativity
“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.”
— Adam Savage, Under the Gun: When Less Time Can Mean Better Problem-Solving
Tagged: Deadline, Thinking out of the box, Mind
“The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!”
— Adam Savage,
Tagged: ability, difference, Science
“We don't necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.”
— Adam Savage, Mythbusters' Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage
Tagged: Fault, Failure, Methodology, Ethos
“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.”
— Adam Savage, MythBuster Adam Savage: SOPA Could Destroy the Internet as We Know It
Tagged: Internet, Technology, Innovation, Advancement
“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, Stay Curious with Jamie and Adam of Mythbusters
Tagged: skepticism, Community, Mythbusters
“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.”
— Adam Savage, Commencement Address at Sarah Lawrence College
Tagged: Fools, Work, Passion
“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.”
— Adam Savage, Words to Chew On: Mythbusters’ Adam Savage Delievers Speech For Morality
Tagged: Adulthood, Independence, realization
“I reject your reality and substitute my own.”
— Adam Savage,
Tagged: Reality, rejection letter
“Gravity. It's not just a good idea; it's the law!”
— Adam Savage, Food for The Eagle
Tagged: gravity, Science, Law
“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, Mythbusters' Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage
Tagged: Mythbusters, Job, Work, Responsibility
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