Jamie Hyneman

“An indispensable tool is a pair of diagonal cutting Knipex pliers. There isn't any other hand tool of any other brand that stands up to it.”

“Some of the most important discoveries that scientists have made were not what they were seeking at the time.”

“I've run several of my own small businesses in my life.”

“I'm sort of reluctant to celebrity.”

“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.”

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

“I pretty much learned not to fight with it a long time ago and let it do what it likes to do. Otherwise, my shaving techniques are pretty mundane. I tend to do it in the shower because it makes the bristles soft and keeps the razor from building up the hairs inside it, and the mustache is dealt with with scissors.”

“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.”

“I pretty much just use my smartphone for phone calls.”

“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.”

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

“You know, dealing with effects, as a job it's great, but with 'Mythbusters,' the stuff we've seen, the stuff we've absorbed over the years, has just been fantastic, and I wouldn't change it for the world.”

“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.”

“I'm a little suspicious of using microwaves.”

“I am pretty much who I seem, and it's not a television host.”

“It's fun to use your brain.”

“Both Adam and I come from a practical effects background.”

“I think it's probably safe to say that continuing our onscreen relationship in front of the camera is probably not happening. I expect Adam may well pursue things in front of the camera, but I'm most likely not. It's not who I am.”

“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.”

“I'm not a sociable person. I don't like to talk.”