Bill Foster Quotes

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

Our small ears never had such a workout as on the Fourth of July, hearing not only our own bursting crackers but also those of our friends, and often the boom of homemade cannon shot off by daring boys of 16 years, ready to lose a hand if it blew up.

I'm a pyro. I love exploding things.

Let's blow some stuff up.

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.

The human relationship to combustion is as mysterious as it is fraught with madness. From the candle flame to the nuclear blast, it has lit up the human imagination with fear and fascination.

I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning of the air in our house, frightening my parents.

I used to spend a lot of time cutting out film posters from papers and putting them up on the wall in my room.

Ever since I was little, I've always had a few science experiments going on.

I see dynamite in it.

Growing up in Arizona, I love fireworks, shooting off bottle rockets and M80s.

One reason I chose gunpowder is that I had the good luck in my environment to be exposed to gunpowder. The other reason is I was always looking for a visual language that goes beyond the boundary of nations, and so I found gunpowder.

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

I liked how 'Star Wars' felt both old and new. I even built a model of R2-D2, taking about two months mixing two kits to make one that looked just like the real thing. I'm the kind of person who gets really into it when I do something like that.

As a kid I did enjoy building things; learned quickly how to make gun powder. I built sleighs, forts, houses in the back yards of houses.

The 4th of July combines the two things Americans love most in one day: alcohol and explosives.

What's funny is we were doing some fire at work the other day and it was reminding me of all the firework I got to do as Havok, because a lot of that was as practical as you could get.

The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.

Why don't you confer with Mr. Finnigan? As I recall, he has a particular proclivity for pyrotechnics.

I was all set to blow some crap up.

I am burning. If anyone lacks tinder, let him set his rubbish ablaze with my fire.

Hard to believe lightning can strike twice, but it surely did. The moment Caitriona Balfe came on screen, I sat up straight and said, ‘There she is!’ She and Sam Heughan absolutely lit up the screen with fireworks.

Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul.

I have been a fan of comic books since childhood.

I liked science. It was about the only thing that stayed the same wherever we moved.