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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
Socrates
When the discussion is exhausted, calumny becomes the weapon of the defeated.
2.
By the help of microscopes, there is nothing so small, as to escape our inquiry; hence there is a new visible world discovered to the understanding.
Robert Hooke
Through the use of microscopes, there is nothing too insignificant for us to explore; as a result, an unseen realm has been revealed to our comprehension.
3.
Language is the tool of the tools
Lev S. Vygotsky
'Vocabulary is the instrument of the instruments'
4.
To get really high is to forget yourself. And to forget yourself is to see everything else. And to see everything else is to become an understanding molecule in evolution, a conscious tool of the universe.
Jerry Garcia
5.
I am a believer, I am believer that we shape and create the life that we choose, and I believe that the tool that we have to do that, is our mind.
Kai Greene
I am a staunch advocate that we craft and construct the life we select, and I hold fast to the conviction that the tool which we possess to make it happen is our intellect.
6.
LSD is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be.
Albert Hofmann
'LSD is just a means to unlock our true potential.'
7.
Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society.
Neville Brody
Typography is a clandestine instrument of control in society.
8.
Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.
Bell Hooks
Condemnation is one of the strongest instruments of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because condemnation produces anguish and anguish often induces immobility.
9.
A scientific theory is a tool and not a creed.
Joseph John Thomson
A scientific theory is an aid and not a dogma.
10.
Meditation is the sharp tool to dig out the great treasure hidden within everybody's inner personality.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Contemplation is the razor-sharp instrument to uncover the precious hoard concealed inside everyone's intrinsic character.
11.
Perception is a tool that's pointed on both ends.
Hannibal
Viewpoint is a double-edged blade.
12.
Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.
Banksy
Street art is one of the few resources you have if you have almost nothing.
13.
I say from time to time that the vote is precious. It's almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.
John Lewis
I periodically proclaim that the ballot is invaluable. It is almost holy. It is the most potent non-violent mechanism we can employ in a free nation. So, let us wield it wisely.
14.
I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be.
Albert Hofmann
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As much as 95% of quality related problems in the factory can be solved with seven fundamental quantitative tools.
Kaoru Ishikawa
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Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society. All schools should be teaching typography; we should be fundamentally aware of how typographic language is forming out assholes.
Neville Brody
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Education is the basic tool for the development of consciousness and the reconstitution of society.
Mahatma Gandhi
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To those of us who often procrastinate on the decision we feel intimidated by lack of education or any area of weakness. I relieve you with this statement: It is not how much you know that arms you with the tools of great decision making, but rather how much you ask. Ask questions.
T. D. Jakes
20.
Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.
Che Guevara
21.
This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It`s not just that the personal computer has come along as a great tool. The whole pace of business is moving faster. Globalization is forcing companies to do things in new ways.
Bill Gates
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The important thing about outsourcing or global sourcing is that it becomes a very powerful tool to leverage talent, improve productivity and reduce work cycles.
Azim Premji
24.
An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site.
Frank Lloyd Wright
25.
How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!
Samuel Adams
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Everybody should want to make sure that we have the cyber tools necessary to investigate cyber crimes, and to be prepared to defend against them and to bring people to justice who commit it.
Janet Reno
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Likewise nanotechnology will, once it gets under way, depend on the tools we have then and our ability to use them, and not on the steps that got us there.
K. Eric Drexler
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The merit of Marx is that he suddenly produces a qualitative change in the history of social thought. He interprets history, understands its dynamic, predicts the future, but in addition to predicting it (which would satisfy his scientific obligation), he expresses a revolutionary concept: the world must not only be interpreted, it must be transformed. Man ceases to be the slave and tool of his environment and converts himself into the architect of his own destiny.
Che Guevara
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Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them.
Trevor Noah
30.
Sanitation should not be seen as a political tool, but should only be connected to patriotism (rashtrabhakti) and commitment to public health.
Narendra Modi
31.
Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.
Howard Gardner
32.
It's not in the draftsmanship, it's in the man. Like I say, a tool is dead. A brush is a dead object. It's in the man. If you want to do it, you do it.
Jack Kirby
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The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC.
John Carmack
34.
I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys.
Martin Yan
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Work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
Napoleon Hill
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It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.
Gregory of Nazianzus
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For we have built into all of us, old blueprints of expectation and response, old structures of oppression and these must be altered at the same time that we alter the living condition which are the result of those structures. For the master's tool will never dismantle the master's house.
Audre Lorde
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I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.
Jeff Bingaman
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For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act.
Paul Farmer
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The camera for an artist is just another tool. It is no more mechanical than a violin if you analyze it. Beyond the rudiments, it is up to the artist to create art, not the camera.
Brett Weston
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First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the ISO standard.
Bjarne Stroustrup
43.
Steam is about creating tools for content creators and customers.
Gabe Newell
44.
The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.
Albert Bandura
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I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before.
Thomas Friedman
46.
Women's history is the primary tool for women's emancipation.
Gerda Lerner
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Symbols are to the mind what tools are to the hand--an extended application of its powers.
Dion Fortune
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Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered.
Lee H. Hamilton
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We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
Haile Selassie
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It was the same in World War I, when Woodrow Wilson, also a tool of the Jews, maneuvered it into the war.
Julius Streicher