Jamie Hyneman Quotes

Let's blow some stuff up.

It's very difficult to think of new ways to blow things up!

I dropped an aerial torpedo right in the center, and the group opened up like a flowering rose. It was most entertaining.

From the flaming and flashing of certain igneous mixtures and the terror inspired by their noise, wonderful consequences ensue which no one can guard against or endure … when a quantity of this powder, no bigger than a man’s finger, be wrapped up in a piece of parchment and ignited, it explodes with a blinding flash and a stunning noise. If a larger quantity were used, or the case was made of more solid material, the explosion would be much more violent, and the flash and noise altogether unbeatable.

When I was a kid, I had to try a lot of pyrotechnics just so people would know who I was.

We've gotten quite creative with our use of explosives... It's almost like an art form, rather than just blowing crap up.

I was all set to blow some crap up.

I never learned to cook, so I've got no rules. I'll put things together just because I think they belong together.

I think I misunderstood the following in the footsteps bit, in a few of my early drinking years. I'd take any form of being compared to Dad as flattery. So if I fell off a stool or smashed up a TV set just because I was drunk, and somebody in the bar went 'Hey, man, that was just like Bonzo!' I would be really happy.

I might not do it again and again, but I would like to test waters which are considered forbidden for me. It is a human tendency.

I like to throw bombs.

Drag Race' was when I was kind of confused about how I wanted to live the rest of my life and I was just having fun, a little ignorant, a little young.

I know I can fight. I know I have kicks that can destroy people. Just because I haven't gotten in the ring in my career, that doesn't mean I'm not capable of crushing people.

It's easier to destroy than it is to create, but I've always enjoyed the creative aspect of the game.

Me going to a big club when I was, like, 19 or 20, I didn't know what to expect, how to behave, whatever. I was just a youngster who wanted to do tricks. I didn't even care about end product, really.

I just try to see what happens when you put your feet on the accelerator.

I'm going to be testing waters in all genres.

Just because you can buy an exploding target, does not mean that it is legal to mix and explode.

Don't become too attached to your own myopia. Just because you've found a way to do things doesn't mean it's the way to do things. There are so many different ways in which to navigate this so-called life. Be open to experiencing more than one.

Trump is a raptor testing the fences, and he found weaknesses to escape and try things that would work, every single day.

There is an almost universal experience in physicists, at least of my generation, which is home-made pyrotechnics.

I just got a new dog, so I was worried that he'd hate the fireworks, and he did, but just because he's not a patriot, not because of the loud sounds. The loud sounds he's fine with - he just hates America.

Splendid! They used to go up like great lilies and snapdragons and laburnums of fire and hang in the twilight all evening!

I love to test boundaries.

Only a magician can fix a head on a body, but any fool can lop it off.