Adam Savage Quotes

The coolest toys don't have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they'll ever exist is if you make them yourself.

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• First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Work
  • America

• The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Life
  • Rest
  • Variety

• I love to go shopping and see what catches my eye.

  

  Patrick Schwarzenegger
  • Love
  • See
  • Shopping

• English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different.

  

  Bai Ling
  • Different
  • Culture
  • English

• When I got to be a CEO, I said: 'Right. I'm now going to tackle gender inequality head-on. I'm going to make a difference and lead by example and actively put in place policies and practices to support women.'

  

  Gail Kelly
  • Women
  • Support
  • Gender

• PepsiCo is a $63 billion company. Half the company is snacks, and half the company is beverages. We have a glorious snacks business and a glorious beverage business. We are extremely profitable. We are growing.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Business
  • Growing
  • Company

• I'm a tomboy now. I always wanted to fit in with my brother's group, so I climbed trees and played with lead soldiers. But I'm a woman's woman. I never understood women who don't have woman friends.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • Women
  • Friends
  • Brother

• The odd thing about 'Cripple of Inishmaan' is it's never actually been performed on the island.

  

  Garry Hynes
  • Never
  • Odd
  • Island

• In L.A. summer's blistering heat, I've seen many girls wearing short skirts with Ugg boots. I like the boots, and the short skirts, but I've always wondered, don't their feet get hot?

  

  Jackson Rathbone
  • Summer
  • Feet
  • Short

• I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else.

  

  Kate Adie
  • Life
  • Time
  • Short

• The question of what it is to live an 'authentic life', that's a complicated one.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Life
  • Live
  • Question

• We have this long history of racism in this country, and as it happens, the criminal justice system has been perhaps the most prominent instrument for administering racism. But the racism doesn't actually come from the criminal justice system.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Long
  • Country
  • History

• The first thing to understand about surveillance video in public places is that there is already a lot of it going on - though it is impossible to know how much.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Know
  • Understand
  • Impossible

• Two gold medals and two silver, I don't think is that bad... I think I still did a pretty good job.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Good
  • Job
  • Bad

• When it turns out that you were supposed to be disclosing all these foreign government donations to the Clinton Global Initiative while you were Secretary of State, and you didn't, and now the Clinton Global Initiative is having to restate their 990s, that doesn't sound very trustworthy to me.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Me
  • Government
  • Sound

• Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.

  

  Ida Lupino
  • Power
  • Today
  • Woman

• I was total trailer trash, babe. I can’t remember any real tornadoes, although there were a couple of times when we had to tie our bicycles to trees to keep them from blowing away.

  

  Cameron Richardson
  • Real
  • Remember
  • Couple

• I'm not just looking to be famous and attach myself to famous names. I want to make history in the business in terms of creativity.

  

  Labrinth LSD
  • Business
  • History
  • Famous

• I fell in love at 14 and I remember that mad, tense feeling and all the mad things you do for the person - all those extremes and all the stuff you don't mind putting up with.

  

  Douglas Booth
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Remember

• I steal things from people, characteristics, and I just stock them in my head like a library to use for characters in the future.

  

  Luke Mably
  • People
  • Future
  • Library

• I absolutely adore singing, and I hope I'll always be able to sing, but you can grow more and challenge yourself more as an actor.

  

  Jessie Buckley
  • Hope
  • Singing
  • Challenge

• For years, I have worked diligently to develop and implement a 21st century manufacturing strategy that will create jobs in the new clean energy economy.

  

  Debbie Stabenow
  • Energy

• One thing I didn't understand in life was that I had $100,000,000 in the bank and I couldn't buy happiness. I had everything: mansions, yachts, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but I was depressed. I didn't know where I fitted in. But then I found family and friends and I learned the value of life.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Life
  • Family
  • Friends

• The coolest toys don't have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they'll ever exist is if you make them yourself.

  

  Adam Savage