Power Tools Quotes

I have a thing for tools.

When I started off, I was working in a shed behind my house. All I had was a drill, an electric drill. That was the only machine I had.

If you want to do evil, science provides the most powerful weapons to do evil; but equally, if you want to do good, science puts into your hands the most powerful tools to do so

There's nothing inherently lame about electricity. I've got a basement full of power tools that all operate with electricity, and they're manly items. And when you see a great big locomotive hauling a mile of freight cars, that's a hybrid. A lot of people don't understand that.

Did you use a chainsaw?" Joey said. "I seem to recall you like chainsawa." "There wasn't a power outlet." Clay turned to me. "That's what I want for Father's Day, darling. A gas powered chainsaw.

If Mozart had power tools, there's no telling how great his music might have been.

My dad was one of the reasons I got into rock and roll, because I was learning the ropes of his business, which was selling powertools, and I was looking for a way out from under his heel. I was like, 'Where's the fun? Where's the glamour?'

If you look at any kind of modern organization and you think, 'What are the foremost tools of power?' You will find that it is information.

If Home Depot doesn't have it, Mark Bradford doesn't need it.

H is for Hardware store: I'd rather go to the hardware store than the opera. And I like the opera.

I mow my own lawn.

All chain saws are formidable and dangerous.

Father's Day: When you get that lethal combination of alcohol and new power tools.

I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.

I did a lot of heavy-lifting - construction, demolition, that kind of thing. Dusty, dirty work.

I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.

I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.

You want a kitchen put in, I'm your girl. I'm very handy, and I love a practical challenge. I fit all the stereotypes of the lesbian with power tools.

Well, you missed out on some important protocol, Ella. You can't stand between a Texan and his power tools. We like them. Big ones that drain the national grid. We also like truck-stop breakfasts, large moving objects, Monday night football, and the missionary position. We don't drink light beer, drive Smart cars, or admit to knowing the names of more than about five or six colors. And we don't wax our chests, ever.

Before I was married, I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers.

I never fight with a man who's carrying power tools.