Tools Quotes
Virtually every major technological advance in the history of the human species - back to the invention of stone tools and the domestication of fire - has been ethically ambiguous.
When I talk to film students, I always say, "Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes," because that's such a great learning tool.
There is no such thing as a people who are all wicked or even all good. Everyone chooses. But even they, even they looked at people and saw only tools. No one is a cup for another to drink from.
Day-to-day things, the mundane, are what keeps the motor running. How extraordinary the ordinary really is, a tool we all use to keep going, a template for sanity.
As an actor, I think every moment in your life is giving you a new set of tools. You’re constantly absorbing new information that you can put back onto the screen.
Anybody can claim to be a member of the ALF when rescuing animals, destroying "tools of torture" (such as research equipment) or financially depleting a corporation that abuses animals.
I want people to have the practical tools and resources they need to lead high quality, authentic lives.
While face-to-face is just as important as it ever was, now that we've got all kinds of new tools, let us tighten bonds in between those in-person moments.
Highlighting expensive repair costs to your vendor can also be a powerful negotiating tool.
It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death.
BlackBerrys are a wonderful tool. I'm very tenacious about keeping up with my kids, as they are with me.
What you need for a participatory system to work: "a plausible promise, an effective tool, and an acceptable bargain."
I confess to getting quickly bored by one style of expression, and I like to experiment with all different sorts of modes. I rebel against familiar tools.
Whole phases of comedy have become empty; the comic rejoinder has become every man's tool.
A director can come from anywhere, but having a story background, if you have nothing else, is probably a good thing to have because it's really the one tool you need.
Those memories that are engraved within me become teaching tools, ways of connecting with others, of creating an empathic bridge, of reaching out a hand and saying, I've been there, too.
With Twitter and other social networking tools, you can get a lot of advice from great people. I learn more from Twitter than any survey or discussion with a big company.
I like a world where each of us has the tools to be able to make able to make our own decisions.
When you are an artist you can turn your hand to anything, in any style. Once you have the tools then all the artforms are the same in the end.
In a certain way, you get some new tools to work with, but I don't know if it ultimately makes the creative process any easier.
For you to be successful and provide your employees with the necessary tools for success, you and your boss must work together - no matter what.
Keep in mind that every single generation before us has worked under the assumption that they possessed all the major tools for understanding the universe, and they were all wrong, without exception.
Everybody's got their tools or their instruments, and it's fun to see how people expose themselves to their profession or their profession becomes who they are.
When you see somebody actually be able to channel that into an accessible, beautiful tool, you start to see the craftsman behind it.
I'm a photographer, obviously. My chosen tool for understanding life, and communicating the results of this search to others, is the camera.
Successful ecologists are successful in part because they have prepared their minds to attack scientific problems using a variety of intellectual tools.
The tools I learned photographing celebrities, now I want to use them to sell ideas.
The technology can change, but storytelling remains the same. It's just a digital world now instead of an analog world, but now the storytelling's the same. You got different tools. That's all.
Mary Allen has compiled a wealth of tools and resources - both inner and outer - to support you in consciously directing your untapped potential and creating a life that you love.
I think it's a brilliant tool to have, not only to have a sense of humor, but to be able to use humor to help one navigate life, and I tend not to be that type of person. I wish I were.
Zeroes are important. A million seconds ago was last week. A billion seconds ago, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. A trillion seconds ago was 30,000 BC, and early humans were using stone tools.
Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.
I have got to look at the flip side of things, because, in a way, music is always a conversation, you know? It's a conversation between the musician and their tools and their technologies.
We propose to rebuild the key tools of missile defense starting with Navy cruisers that are the foundation of our missile defense capabilities in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.
Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.
The tools of science and technology amplified the effects of the madness of the egoic mind. So the survival of the planet began to be threatened, and with it the survival of humanity.
First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.
This little four-string songwriting tool started changing the way I brought songs to the group.
For charity purposes, how do I help? A lot of prospective levers and tools have come into my life.
The skill-providers want to have more impact and solve problems; the problem people want new tools to get their problems solved.
