Tool Quotes

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline.

A visual image in the hand of an artist is merely a tool to trigger a mental image.

Did people think I sounded black? Totally, but that was a marketing tool as well, but also this is how I grew up and these are my influences.

The director's who want to be innovative use the DVD as a tool to see what people have done in the past and you have other people who will actually take from better directors and that makes them better directors.

I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool.

This whole acting thing was always just for me and was always an absolute shot in the dark. If it didn't pan out, I had my hammer and tool belt, banging nails again tomorrow if I had to.

On a scale of one to 10, I'd rate my body confidence as a good seven. Everyone has their hang-ups, but I see my body as a training tool and I feel good about it.

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.

I always say, 'Man, the Creator is preparing me for something. He's keeping the sun on me for some reason. He's keeping me aligned with that generation.' Because I genuinely love people, I love hip-hop, and I love using it as a tool to communicate and to create a better vibration.

Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.

In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.

Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.

Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.

The University of North Carolina provided me with every tool necessary to rise to the top of my profession.

The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work!

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Magic, like technology, is a tool.

The Internet is a great information tool, and can be a place where kids learn, but we must remember that when kids are online, they are in public.

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.

I see the tool set being the same and maybe doing virtual movies and that's fine for some stories but not for others. And maybe make all CG movies but they are already doing it.

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.

As we have all said, we understand that electronic surveillance is a vital tool in the war on terror. We all want to know when Osama bin Laden is calling: when he is calling, who he is calling, and what he is saying.

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.

I still haven't heard anything from Apple about my hacks. There is a tool based on my work reverse-engineering Apple's FairPlay called jhymn that's been hosted on a U.S. server for over a year and nothing has happened.

Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.

I tell students that even if they don't like math right now, they can use math as a brain-sharpening tool - a tool that not only builds the foundation for a great career, but that also builds self-confidence, no matter what they choose to do with their lives.

Anything you can do needs to be done, so pick up the tool of your choice and get started.

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.