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My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually I believe that genre exists as a marketing tool to tell you what to avoid.

Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

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

Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

First we build the tools, then they build us.

But sometimes imperfect tools lead us toward perfect ends.

We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more.

If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.

In time, you won’t need it to do that. You’ll be able to access that part of yourself anytime you need to. But for now, you’ll require a tool to help you channel all that teenage hormonal ADD that’s bouncing around and through you.” – Death

The mind is left bereft when it is nothing more than a tool of regurgitation.

Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.

Don't tell me about worth," Nita said. "My father commands fleets." "The wealthy measure everything with the weight of their money." Tool leaned close. "Sadna once risked herself and the rest of her crew to help me escape from an oil fire... Your father commands fleets. And thousands of half-men, I am sure. But would he risk himself to save a single one?

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can't vent any anger against them. I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere, in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist.

For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.

Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user.

What an excellent tool the internet is for freaks.

We're just four guys and we are enjoying what we're doing with Tool.

A lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor.

Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.