Adam Savage Quotes

Just because we have the best hammer, does not mean that every problem is a nail.

I don't care what anything was designed to do, I care about what it can do.

If your only tool is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.

Never underestimate the power of a simple tool.

It's much easier to work with an unknown.

I go to each job and open my little briefcase up, and I take out the things that I have or I know. It might be a Swiss army knife, a quart of milk and a ruler. That might be all I can bring to it, but that's what I have.

A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.

I believe in anything that works.

Remember that there's no one way of doing things. ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.

Any tool should be useful in the expected way, but a truly great tool lends itself to uses you never expected.

There is a use for almost everything.

I have a range, and I'd much rather do things the nice way than the hard way, but sometimes you have to use all the tools at your disposal.

I've learned pretty quickly you better be able to adjust daily.

I feel it's important for anyone to adapt; you never know what kind of situation you will walk into.

I'm versatile, so it's easy for me to play any type of game.

It takes different mindsets to do different things.

Every experience you have in life can be applied to different things.

If it's playmaking, I'll do that. If it's scoring I'll do that. I'm trying to figure out that balance.

I'll adapt to any situation. I've been adapting to different situations my whole life.

I have an imagination that will go in any direction it is prodded. I pride myself on being able to become enthusiastic about anything: If you tell me to write a screenplay about cucumber farms, I'll swallow hard, and in 48 hours, I'll be in love with cucumber farms.

Creativity was born out of necessity because I didn't have many things to play with.

For me, the most important thing is that I adapt quickly to different conditions and be consistent.

I'm pretty prepared for anything. You could shove me out there in any situation - I've done it.

I can adapt to any situation.

I feel no matter who I'm going against that I can get open in a number of ways.