Profound Words ................

[Bill Gruby]

I came across this quote today. It pretty much describes all of us.

"Man is a tool-using animal. Weak in himself and of small stature, he stands on a basis of about a square foot, has to straddle out his legs lest the very winds supplant him. Nevertheless, he can use tools, can devise tools, with these the granite mountain melts into light dust before him, seas are his smooth highway, winds and fire his unwearying steeds. Nowhere do you find him without tools. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all."

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

Pretty accurate isn't it. This quote will hang in my shop.

"Billy G"

 

[Terrywerm]

Wow. Accurate as can be! Thanks for posting it, Bill.

 

[jpfabricator]

Why cant I come up with cool sayings like this?

Sent from somewhere in East Texas Jake Parker

 

[coolidge]

Man's level of craftsmanship in metal, wood, and stone 200 years ago, even 2,000 years ago is amazing. Tools!

 

[Ed of all trades]

Ain't it the truth. With out tools we aren't much are we. We probably think to much of ourselves with tools if we really thought about it.

 

[wrmiller]

Without tools, we'd be just like the rest of the omnivores: dinner.

 

[RJSakowski]

On another forum devoted to medical physics topics, one of the physicists who routinely posted had the byline "tools, not rules".

Bob