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Adam Savage is an American special effects designer, educator, and television personality. He is best known as the co-host of the television series "MythBusters." Savage's expertise in prop-making, his scientific approach to myths, and his entertaining presence have made him a beloved figure among fans of science and engineering.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.... -Adam Savage

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

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 think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever develo... -Adam Savage

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

My dignity and good television - they'll never mee... -Adam Savage

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

I had saved a few hundred photos of dodo skeletons into my 'Creative Projects' folder - it's a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in. Any time I have an Internet connection, there's a sluice of stuff moving into there, everything from beautiful rings to cockpit photos.

Bigger is always better.... -Adam Savage

Bigger is always better.

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.

Being a geek is all about learning the inventories... -Adam Savage

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

That's the show. it's like 5 minutes of science an... -Adam Savage

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

I'm not gonna shoot anyone with the pellet gun... ... -Adam Savage

I'm not gonna shoot anyone with the pellet gun... Not unless I have to!

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?... -Adam Savage

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

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.

New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard. There is so much history in New York State, from the Erie Canal to the Catskills, the birth of American stand-up comedy.

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to w... -Adam Savage

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

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.

Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction - spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff. These objects were sometimes just 12 inches across yet needed enough detail to fill a movie screen.

I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not ... -Adam Savage

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

Failure is always an option.... -Adam Savage

Failure is always an option.

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.

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.

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.

I just had one of those 'what the hell are we doin... -Adam Savage

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

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.

Lists are how I parse and manage the world.... -Adam Savage

Lists are how I parse and manage the world.

Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences. There are jokes I tell in the show that don't get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers. Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren't our audience - it's the critical thinkers we love.

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.

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.

I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, g... -Adam Savage

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

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.

Remember kids, I have life insurance.... -Adam Savage

Remember kids, I have life insurance.

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