I could give all to Time except--except What I myself have held.
In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment. ' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences. There are jokes I tell in the show that don't get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers. Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren't our audience - it's the critical thinkers we love.
The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we're finding fertile material. Whether it's in a phrase like "going over like a lead balloon" or "a needle in a haystack," or tackling movie myths or even a genre, like MacGyver or James Bond, we're finding that all these things can lead to people believing the world works in a certain way. It might not be correct, but we can test out if it's true.
After all those years of doing remote detonations, where we just push a button and something explodes, to actually see a nice big fat line of black smoke heading toward something that will blow up is very satisfying.
It's a treat to see the sun rise over the desert. What am I saying? It's a treat to fire off a rocket car over the desert!
Remember kids, I have life insurance.
Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.
One side of the street is a Church; across the road is a liquor store. Both of 'em keepin us poor.
True feelings never fade, we just learn to fill the spot.
I don't believe in luck. Luck comes to men of action.