159 Quotes by Jamie Hyneman

We've gotten quite creative with our use of explosives... It's almost like an art form, rather than just blowing crap up.

It's fun to use your brain.

After working as a charter boat captain and dive master in the Caribbean for a number of years, I decided it was time for a change.

I've ended up water skiing behind the Stanford rowing team as well as water skiing behind an excavator while it swung around in a circle.

Is there some situation where square wheels would be better than round wheels? Sure! A round wheel has a pressure point directly under the tire. A square wheel's corners are going to bite and propel you forward. The square wheel could be superior on snow or mud or sand.

We are seeing robotics creep into all areas and become accessible, where it used to be something tedious that only the most persistent people could access.

We couldn't be happier that the show has encouraged kids to have an interest in science and math, but we don't try to do that. We just have fun, which is its own bold statement.

We got a lot of gay fan mail when the show first started. Something to do with being in San Francisco and being a big, burly guy with a big moustache. But we're both happily married. To women.

I think when you do stuff in a computer people tend to dismiss it. It also allows you to make a lot of stuff totally not connected with reality because you're not limited by any kind of reality.