#tool

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#must #time #tool #use

Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#believe #destruction #dynamite #even #far

A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#frequently #generally #hand #machine #more

The Internet is the greatest tool for any artist to have interaction with any audience. ↗

— Nick Rhodes

#artist #audience #greatest #interaction #internet

To put it better, we believe the radar gun will get you drafted, but you have to pitch to get to the big leagues. Tools will get you drafted, but you have to be able to play to get to the big leagues. ↗

— Roy Clark

#believe #better #big #big leagues #drafted

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#best #different #discard #every #figure

The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

#belief #cheerful #good #make #plus

Nobody teaches you to be a father. Nobody teaches you to be a husband. Nobody teaches you how to be a star. You have to learn to work with the tools. ↗

— David Soul

#how #husband #learn #nobody #star

To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation. ↗

— Harvey Keitel

#build #characters #create #improvisation #must

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

— Washington Irving

#constant #edged #grows #keener #never