Tools Quotes · Page 30

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with

— Amy Tan

Tools may limit the user, but the utility of tools is limited by the skill of the user.

— Leonard J. V. Compagno

It is not an actor's business to suggest changes. Actors are tools. They must just do whatever the director asks them to.

— Manorama

If the only tool you have is a hammer, all your problems begin to look like nails. - Abraham Maslow

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you're explaining is frightening or dull and complicated.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children.

— Charles Stross

Advertising justifies its existence when used in the public interest-it is much too powerful a tool to use solely for commercial purposes.

— Howard Gossage

When you give the American people the tools to make the right choices for themselves, they're going to do that.

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

I care about the diversity of the mindset of the people creating our future, and the windows through which we see it,…

— Baratunde Thurston

Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so…

— Anonymous

Insight into character comes from listening intently to the spoken word. The physical person, their charisma, charm and dramatic flair is more…

— Maximillian Degenerez

Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must…

— Nick Rahall

For much of its existence, design was all about convenience. We wanted to hide technology so that users are not distracted into…

— Evgeny Morozov

Twitter and Facebook are brilliant tools, the journalistic uses of which are still being plumbed. They are great for disseminating interesting material.…

— Bill Keller

One in five of our customers books for business. But it's scaling very fast. As a result, we have tools for medium…

— Gillian Tans

In the coming years, if not sooner, social media will become a powerful tool that consumers will aggressively use to influence business…

— Simon Mainwaring

LSD is a unique and powerful tool for the exploration of the human mind and human nature. Psychedelic experiences mediate access to…

— Stanislav Grof

It's much easier to become a hacker now. It was a private community before and you had to find your way in,…

— Michael Demon Calce

A weapon is a tool," she repeated, a little breathlessly. "A tool for killing and destroying. And there will be times when,…

— Richard K. Morgan

But the poetry side is what appeals more to me today. Metaphor, just absurd linkages and coming up with categories, labeling, taxonomy,…

— Richard Meltzer

Testimony is a result of choice, not circumstance. In all seasons of my life, testimony has been a conscious choice - and…

— Elaine L. Jack

Filmmaking materials are in the hands of more people now than ever before. I would like to think that the more people…

— Murray Horwitz

I think art is the development of this interface between mind and matter, between mind and phenomenon, between what's inside of us…

— Vik Muniz

Dear Miss Independent, I've decided that of all the women I've ever known, you are the only one I will ever love…

— Lisa Kleypas

I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language.

— Sarah Shahi

Different people can photograph the same things with the same tools and create such different images.

— John Paul Caponigro

You must accept that if the computer is a tool, it is the job of tool user to know what to use…

— Peter Drucker

Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.

— Walter M. Miller, Jr

I think the internet is a great marketing tool--but marketing is not my job. I'm a writer. My job is to write…

— Bentley Little

We all have unresolved shame, because it is used as a tool to control behavior.

— Christiane Northrup

Providing the tools for a great start in life will yield dividends for generations to come.

— Kay Ivey

It is essential to have good tools, but it is also essential that the tools should be used in the right way.

— Wallace D. Wattles

In Chaos Magic, beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects.

— Peter J. Carroll

Give ordinary people the right tools, and they will design and build the most extraordinary things.

— Neil Gershenfeld

Simplicity design axiom: The complexity of the information appliance is that of the task, not the tool. The technology is invisible.

— Donald A. Norman

I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.

— Jackson Pollock

But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder…

— Rick Riordan

Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action

— Mae West

What you need for a participatory system to work: "a plausible promise, an effective tool, and an acceptable bargain."

— Clay Shirky

No matter what is happening, the tool you need is always the one you don't have.

— Anonymous