Quotes from Jamie Hyneman

We're not too out there to educate people about any specific thing necessarily so much as we are to encourage critical and scientific thinking.

Children are just little scientists.

When I watch a movie I don't really care too much about the plot - not that it isn't important, but what I remember is the visual imagery, something that happens in an individual scene.

When I was in school, shop class was where the kids that weren't good in anything to do with books went.

I'm like a race horse attached to a freight wagon.

I pretty much just use my smartphone for phone calls.

If you build a robot, you're welding, machining sculpting, casting, dealing with electronics and hydraulics.

Any day we create that much shrapnel is a good day.

I always telling people to "not try this at home," because most of what we do on MythBusters is really dangerous. Consequently, we can't encourage people to try that stuff.

I've learned that I can pretty much do anything I've wanted to as long as I was methodical and diligent about it. It may not sound very exciting really, but it works.

Just by going fast enough, you can ride on water with a motorcycle.

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.

We're fond of pointing out that we've known each other for over 25 years now and not once sat down alone to have dinner together. We pretty much avoid spending whatever time together that we can.

A lot of mythology surrounds British inventor Geoffrey Pyke. He supposedly made people come to his bedside to see his designs because getting up and getting dressed took too long.

We're not friends - in fact, we pretty much as a rule irritate each other. But we've learnt to embrace it and use it as a strength... the other guy's always seeing something from the opposite pole.

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.

It's millions of times more efficient to collect hydroelectric power through a dam than raindrop by raindrop.

I'm developing some new kinds of robotic firefighting vehicles to help with the massive forest fires we're dealing with in the West.

Both Adam and I come from a practical effects background.

We really do prefer to build things rather than destroy things, believe it or not.

If you get the question right, if you really define it, then the answers are just sitting there waiting for you. And it's something a little different than people usually think.

Science isn't just for scientists and guys in lab coats. It's something that everybody can do.

If you ever decide to build a boat out of wet newspaper, it's important to remember to lay down the sheets like shingles on a house: One issue at a time, starting at the bow and moving aft, so water flows over the layers, not under them.

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.