“To doubt it is a failure of more than the imagination. It is a failure to recognize the limits of our own stupidity, the nascency of our science, the rudiment of our tools.”— Chris Carter, Cigarette Smoking Man, William B. Davis, imdb.com
“It's amazing, a woman with so many tools has so many screws loose.”— Amy Mass, Mike Baxter, Tim Allen, imdb.com
“You know why I like tools? Because they fix things—you tear down a motor, see the problem, it's right there—boom; it's fixed. I wish I could fix things between us that easily.”— Peter Tolan, Tim Taylor, Tim Allen, imdb.com
“What is it about the Internet, with its pretty graphics and simple clicks, that makes users feel so inundated; and about the spreadsheet—so complicated a tool—that makes them bold? The received wisdom about user-friendliness is challenged here. Human beings, I think, do not like to be condescended t…”— Ellen Ullman, amazon.com
“There is a tool for every task, and a task for every tool.”— George R. R. Martin, Tywin Lannister, amazon.com
“I'm obsessed with the form of a toolbox. The idea of a portable kit that has everything you might need ignites something inside me. It's like Batman's utility belt.”— Adam Savage, wired.com
“Last quarter, Twitter beat Wall Street’s estimates when it came to adding new users, but ad revenue declined year-on-year for the first time since it became a public company.”— Lara O’Reilly, wsj.com
“Ultimately, the tools that we choose for any purpose will only be as useful as our ability to use them effectively and to understand what their improved quality means to the way we approach our work. You can buy a successively more costly and high-quality series of claw hammers until you’ve reached…”— Merlin Mann, 43folders.com