Quotes About Resourcefulness

I use all sorts of things to work with: old brooms, old sweaters, and all kinds of peculiar tools and materials... I paint to excite myself, and make something for myself.

You know, a low budget, you have to work harder. You have to plan well; you don't have much time to rehearse.

We used to tie-dye T-shirts and sell them to classmates. We used to make egg rolls and sell them at street fairs. I worked at the mall. My parents probably spent more money on the gas driving me to different jobs than I made.

My brother shaved a cricket bat out of a coconut branch... we played cricket with anything we put our hands on - a hard orange, a lime, a marble - anything we could use in the backyard or the streets.

I do think one of my strengths is the ability to adapt to whatever the situation is.

My family taught me about saving and how to stretch to make ends meet.

My parents were hardworking. They made every penny stretch as far as possible. That was probably the major reason everything they gave me was always two or three sizes too large.

I grew up very poor, so I learned how to stretch a dollar. It's nice to combine high-end with low-end or whatever-end you want.

A new idea - whether it's a way to collect solar energy more efficiently or a cheaper way to desalinate sea water or a new seed to boost the amount of food we can grow - can stretch the physical resources we have, or even multiply them. And the ideas themselves don't ever wear out.

It's amazing how small business owners figure out how to stretch a dollar as far as they possibly can.

From a strictly business perspective, it's like, 'Even if you leave Eric alone, he'll do stuff. He puts his own album together, he gets his own gigs, he does everything on TV. Let him be, he's fine.'

Give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string; I wouldn't get bored anywhere.

I can fish from a stick and a string.

It's great if you can afford to carry a string section on the road with you, but most people are used to the idea of just a keyboard player creating those string sounds.

I always carry a pocketknife in my pocket for opening boxes, cutting a string, or whatever little thing comes up.

I needed a capo - a clamp to hold down the strings - so my daddy made me one out of a corn on the cob and a rubber band.

Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it!

I don't like asking people for things, so if I can do it myself, that's the mindset I have. My dad is very much a do-it-yourself kind of person, so I had a strong sense of independence.

When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally. I fried it and stewed it, and ate it crisp and sludgy, hot and cold. It was cheap and filling and was delicious in all manner of strange combinations. If any was left over, I ate it cold the next day on bread.

My left foot is not the strongest but I can be clever by going round somebody or using the right side of my foot.

Anywhere the struggle is great, the level of ingenuity and inventiveness is high.

I'm like a Depression-era person as far as acting goes. It's sort of like, grab it while you can and make the most of what's in front of you. The first 'Avengers' opened up a host of things that I've been struggling to get made for a long period of time.

It's not my goal to be the main scorer. It's whatever the opponent gives.

When you're out of gas, you don't have many options.