Tool
To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
Hence, any instrument of use or service.
A weapon.
A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
To drive, as a coach.
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Tool Quotations
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Steve Jobs
We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
John F. Kennedy
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.
George Carlin
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.
Bill Gates
I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.
Bill Gates
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
Ayn Rand
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
Bill Gates
I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.
John Steinbeck
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
Stephen King
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
Robert Kennedy
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.
Les Brown
Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
R. Lee Ermey
I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.
Lyndon B. Johnson
War is the ultimate tool of politics.
R. Buckminster Fuller
A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.
Washington Irving
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Washington Irving
Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Washington Irving
The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
Washington Irving
It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless.
Lewis Mumford
Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.
Maynard James Keenan
We're just four guys and we are enjoying what we're doing with Tool.
Maynard James Keenan
Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.
Maynard James Keenan
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.
Robert Collier
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Joseph Addison
Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right.
Ani DiFranco
Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
Bernard Baruch
A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea.
Milan Kundera
Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.
Jacqueline Bisset
Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It's not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. It's about the fact that I really do enjoy it.
Ville Valo
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Tool Translations
tool in Dutch is middel, werktuig
tool in Finnish is koje
tool in French is instrument, outil
tool in German is Werkzeug, Hilfsprogramm, Werkzeug
tool in Norwegian is middel
tool in Portuguese is ferramenta
tool in Spanish is herramienta, instrumento, utensilio
tool in Swedish is verktyg, redskap
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