text: I reject your reality and substitute my own.

source: MythBusters

provenance: model-memory

context: Famous catchphrase; exact origin/episode needs verification.


text: The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.

source: MythBusters / public quote

context: Widely attributed; verify exact source.


text: Failure is always an option.

context: MythBusters-associated line; verify.


text: Every tool is a hammer.

source: Every Tool's a Hammer

context: Title concept; verify exact phrasing.


text: Making is making, and none of it is failure.

context: Goodreads excerpt suggests similar wording; verify against book.


text: Self-doubt never leaves the attentive craftsperson, so you best make friends with it.

context: Needs page/source verification.


text: Obsession is the gravity of making.

context: Needs verification.


text: The best part of making a list is crossing things off.

context: Needs verification.


text: Use more cooling fluid.

context: Chapter/principle; exact use needs verification.


text: Screw before you glue.

context: Chapter/principle; exact wording likely title.


text: Increase your loose tolerance.

context: Chapter/principle; verify.


text: Don't wait until everything is perfect to begin a project.

source: Every Tool's a Hammer publisher description

context: Publisher-description concept; verify exact.


text: More time does not equal better output.

context: Needs verification.


text: Nothing we make ever turns out exactly as we imagined.

context: Needs verification.


text: The trip down any path of creation is not A to B.

context: Needs verification.


text: When in doubt, C-4.

context: Widely attributed entertainment line; verify.


text: Am I missing an eyebrow?

context: Widely attributed; verify.


text: I love lists.

source: Wired / Adam Savage writing

context: Verify exact article text.


text: A list is a collection with purchase.

source: Wired, Step One: Make a List

context: Needs source verification.


text: The only difference between messing around and science is writing it down.

source: MythBusters variant

context: Variant of q002; verify canonical wording before keeping both.


text: Remember kids, the only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down.

context: Variant; quote verifier should deduplicate.


text: I have some wonderfully awful ideas.

source: MythBusters / public persona

context: Uncertain; verify or drop.


text: This is exactly the trap you don't want to fall into when it comes to deadlines: you don't want to cast them as the villain.

context: Needs verification.


text: I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.

source: Public quote attribution

context: Low confidence exact attribution; verify.


text: Gravity. It's not just a good idea; it's the law.

source: MythBusters / common science joke

context: May be older joke not original; likely misattribution risk.