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title: "12 Hammer Looks Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Hammer Looks quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Hammer Looks sayings and thoughts."
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> [To someone with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/to-someone-with-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [“To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/to-a-man-with-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [“When you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/when-you-only-have-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/jodi-picoult-45_quote_when-you-only-have-a-hammer-everything-l_1107327.jpg)

> [“As the saying goes, when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Reader,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/as-the-saying-goes-when-you-have-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a/)

[Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/)

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> [If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-baruch/if-all-you-have-is-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail/)

[Bernard Baruch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-baruch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/bernard-baruch-4292_hammer_if-all-you-have-is-a-hammer-everything-l_1356592.png)

> [“As the saying goes, when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/as-the-saying-goes-when-you-have-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail/)

[Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/)

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> [As the saying goes, when you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-todd/as-the-saying-goes-when-you-re-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail/)

[Chuck Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-todd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/chuck-todd-2739_hammer_as-the-saying-goes-when-you-re-a-hammer_223465.png)

> [When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail; when you're a skilled intelligence professional, everything looks like a vital source for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-manning/when-you-re-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail-when-you-re-a/)

[Chelsea Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-manning/)

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> [When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail; and when you're a left-wing sorehead, everything is an occasion to damn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-scialabba/when-you-re-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail-and-when-you-re-a/)

[George Scialabba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-scialabba/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/george-scialabba-53818_damn_when-you-re-a-hammer-everything-looks-li_2073135.png)

> [“Retiring young isn't for everybody, even if you think it is. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-cadigan/retiring-young-isn-t-for-everybody-even-if-you-think-it-is-when-all/)

[Pat Cadigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-cadigan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/pat-cadigan-48220_youth_retiring-young-isn-t-for-everybody-even_1108961.jpg)

> [Steve Bannon was my right-hand man for, like, seven years. He's a hammer. And when you're a hammer, everything looks like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-pierce/steve-bannon-was-my-right-hand-man-for-like-seven-years-he-s-a-hammer/)

[Brock Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-pierce/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/brock-pierce-8480_everything_steve-bannon-was-my-right-hand-man-for-l_1355752.jpg)

> [“It is a truism that when one is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The glory of art is that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-woodring-stover/it-is-a-truism-that-when-one-is-a-hammer-everything-looks-like-a-nail/)

[Matthew Woodring Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-woodring-stover/)

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