48 Jamie Hyneman Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jamie Hyneman

American Entertainer

Born: Sep 25, 1956

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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. Jamie Hyneman

When I'm problem-solving with something, I have, effectively, a CAD program in my head that's like a room that has specific qualities to it that I go to some deal of effort to populate. Textures and smells, something like that. Jamie Hyneman

Some Something Head Like Smells Qualities Deal Go Effectively Textures Effort Problem-Solving Room Specific Program

Miles Flannery - he's a beast. Very talented, but a brute. He's one of three guys who help us keep the shop maintained, help us set up on location and assist in building something if time is short. Jamie Hyneman

I never dreamed we would be on television at all, much less for such a long time and with so much praise for keeping a thought provoking show on the air. And best of all, we were able to do what we do and still have all our fingers and toes. Jamie Hyneman

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You have to remember that I'm a guy who is happiest in a dark room just thinking. Jamie Hyneman

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I wouldn't spend five minutes with Adam outside work if I didn't have to. But yet I feel somewhat displaced without him in the workplace... destroying my tools and leaving messes everywhere he goes. Jamie Hyneman

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We're these guys that are very tech-savvy, so people tend to expect us to say our favorite gadgets are thing like the latest iPhone or the latest app or something like that. Adam is pretty much like that. As far as myself, I'm the kind of guy that tends to go for the absolute simplest things. Jamie Hyneman

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Pepper spray, a Taser, a suckling pig and a self-built motorized spit. It's a perfect Thanksgiving, 'MythBusters'-style. Jamie Hyneman

Thanksgiving Pepper Perfect Spit Pig Spray

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. Jamie Hyneman

Remember Care Too Much Important Too Plot Visual About Something Scene Individual Movie Happens Much Really Watch Imagery

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. Jamie Hyneman

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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. Jamie Hyneman

Time You Water Remember Important Build Down Out Lay Layers Over Like Bow House Sheets Issue Wet Decide Moving Them Newspaper Boat Ever Starting Flows

I was a problematic kid, to be sure. Jamie Hyneman

Kid Sure Problematic

Over time, shop classes sort of disappeared or got marginalized in the states. I don't really know why. Now with tech like 3-D printers and CNCs, shops have acquired a new shine. Jamie Hyneman

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. Jamie Hyneman

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I'm excited about all technology. Jamie Hyneman

Technology About Excited

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. Jamie Hyneman

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. Jamie Hyneman

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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. Jamie Hyneman

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