After working as a charter boat captain and dive master in the Caribbean for a number of years, I decided it was… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
Adam and I don't consider ourselves friends. We don't spend any time together that we don't have to. — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
I found that cardiovascular exercise boosts my mental performance. If I have a problem to solve, like an engineering one, and I… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
I pretty much learned not to fight with it a long time ago and let it do what it likes to do.… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
It's millions of times more efficient to collect hydroelectric power through a dam than raindrop by raindrop. — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
If you ever decide to build a boat out of wet newspaper, it's important to remember to lay down the sheets like… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
We seriously irritate each other and don't want to spend any time together. And yet we have a profound respect for the… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
We're fond of pointing out that we've known each other for over 25 years now and not once sat down alone to… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
There are a lot of times when we can just time something and say "busted" or "confirmed" or whatever, instead of building… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
We don't have formal training, that makes what we're experiencing a little bit more accessible to the viewers. If we actually knew… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
Over time, shop classes sort of disappeared or got marginalized in the states. I don't really know why. Now with tech like… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
In my case, the only thing to note is if I show up at home at an unusual time, it's cause for… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
We have relatively little time and a whole lot of curiosity, so the most efficient way to get there is what we… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
Miles Flannery - he's a beast. Very talented, but a brute. He's one of three guys who help us keep the shop… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
If it turns out that we're doing proper science from time to time, it just happens to be that that's the most… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
I never dreamed we would be on television at all, much less for such a long time and with so much praise… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
There are times when we're testing an actual explosion, and then there are times when we blow stuff up just because we… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
A good urban legend is something that actually did happen but it got twisted in the telling over time. — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
Some of the most important discoveries that scientists have made were not what they were seeking at the time. — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
I grew up on an apple orchard with a lot of surrounding wooded area, and I ran everywhere. I was outside all… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
I really didn't think this was going to be a success. We did the first three episodes and I said to Adam, 'I can't… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
Neither Adam or I are scientists, we're not engineers or anything of the sort. We just have a lot of fun and the thing… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
If you build a robot, you're welding, machining sculpting, casting, dealing with electronics and hydraulics. — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
If I had one word to describe how I feel at never having to work with co-host Adam Savage again it'd be relief. — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
I mean, we're - if I may say so - we're experts at using materials and processes in ways for which they were never… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
You know, when you look carefully at stuff that you deal with everyday, applying a little creativity to it and thinking outside the box,… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
We got a lot of gay fan mail when the show first started. Something to do with being in San Francisco and being a… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
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.'… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
I don't think our death ray is working. I'm standing right in it, and I'm not dead yet. — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
There are a lot of scientists or other people who can be very skeptical or rational within their field, but they may well not… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
