159 Quotes by Jamie Hyneman

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    The core of what we're doing is, we're playing with the world. And our curiosity in doing that is what we are most proud of and what we like to put out there.

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    I think anybody who's curious about anything, including their own mind, is inherently a skeptic.

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    Well, one of the myths early on that I think is one of the funnier things we've done is airline toilet seats. That one was about a large woman that sat down on a seat in an airline and flushed the toilet and got stuck on it.

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    The only way we can fly planes and use computers is because people were curious about their world and also skeptical about the things they were told to be immutable, so they figured out other ways of doing things.

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    There are a lot of scientists or other people who can be very skeptical or rational within their field, but they may well not do that in other aspects of their lives, when it comes to things like religion, or what have you. People have this amazing gift for being selective with their curiosity and skepticism.

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    Science isn't just for guys in lab coats, you know? It's for anybody who wants to do a good job of understanding and investigating the world.

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    At its core, what we do in 'MythBusters' is turn science into an adventure.

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    Adam and I don't consider ourselves friends. We don't spend any time together that we don't have to.

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    Running out of material for 'MythBusters' is like saying, 'We've done everything we could possibly do and we're not curious or interested in anything.' Let's hope that never happens.

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