Quotes About Tools

Humans make tools. Some animals make tools too. The making and using of tools is important for developing language, how we think and speak. If we do not make anything, it affects our thinking.

You have to focus on encouraging people and giving people permission to pursue their dreams. You have to avoid judgement, and provide tools and accountability, but you can't take responsibility for them achieving their dreams.

Many of us in the PR business, however, feel the change in a very tangible way, because this industry now requires a whole other type of quality, a different way of focusing on things, a different language and way of expression, and an array of other tools, advance preparation being first and foremost. You just have to be hyperprepared for all kinds of situations.

We in the PR industry now hold in our hands new tools for announcing news - and those tools are beyond exciting! These new tools are faster, more reliable, and - what probably matters most - they are interactive.

The gods do make playthings of us ... but it is we mortals who provide them with the tools.

Somos juguetes en manos de los dioses —admitió el sacerdote real—. Pero somos los mortales los que les proporcionamos las herramientas para que nos conviertan en eso.

The gods do make playthings of us," the priest-king acknowledged. "But it is we mortals who provide them with the tools.

The gods do make playthings of us. But it is we mortals who provide them with tools.

On Dantooine, when Mara made me stop using the Force like a crutch, I had a lot of time to think about things. I realized I was using the force too much. Uncle Luke uses it like an advisor, or sometimes a power source. Others use it like a vibroblade, some like an opinion poll, and others yet like a whole variety of tools. I thought all about that, and I guess I chose to follow in Uncle Luke's footsteps." -Anakin

At every major step, physics has required, and frequently stimulated, the introduction of new mathematical tools and concepts. Our present understanding of the laws of physics, with their extreme precision and universality, is only possible in mathematical terms.

Effective software change, like effective surgery, really involves deeper skills. Working with care doesn't do much for you if you don't use the right tools and techniques. Cover

We are resisting the technological corruption of our humanity with technology. We're also resisting with our thinking, our perseverance, our friendships....In the end, we will find that even the best of tools can do no more than assist us. Certainly they cannot save us

I think my imagination dictates the technologies I use. But at the same time, my imagination can be technologic. Sometimes I see a tool and I know immediately how to use it, but most of the time I use the tool for an idea I already have.

If God designed introverts, doesn't it make sense that he would want them to do his work through that personality? When introverts spend time trying to function like extroverts, they're doing more than just wasting time. They're actually robbing themselves of the very tools God gave them to do his work.

Most of the musicians that I know almost to the man everybody uses Apple computers. They've thought of the steps that you're going to think of when you're trying to create your thing. And that's where the tools get invented to make better art.

To both Nakashima and Yanagi, the beauty of something that was regular, and yet not actually regular, was only attainable by someone who had achieved a state of non-intellect, of trusting the materials, trusting the tools, and remaining essentially hidden as a maker. Repetition leads to the forgetfulness of the self, and by transcending the self, the artisan allows the work to 'do itself'.

When I was little, I used to work with my dad on the engine of his car. Mostly this was a matter of me handing him wrenches.

Fairacre children could handle tools, and had the plodding unhurried methods of the countryman that produce amazing results. Here was the perfect medium for their inborn skill. The golden sand was turned, raked, piled, patted and ornamented with shells and seaweed,

New information technologies are tools—and to have an impact, tools need users, who in turn need goals, direction, and motivation.

I swiftly discovered that there are few things in DIY (and possibly life) that can't be solved with a large mallet, a bag of ten-centimetre nails and some swearing.

Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.

Choose your tools carefully, but not so carefully that you get uptight or spend more time at the stationery store than at your writing table.

I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.

Stone Age men broke flint and found it cut things better than their own teeth did. We've created methods of transportation that work better than legs, and often do things we could only dream of, like flying. A hydraulic grip clamps on things better than a human hand. They're all tools and nobody objects to them, so why should anyone object to creating minds that are better at thinking than our own, and rulers that are better at their job than those humans who would aspire to rule?