Mark Twain Quotes

As the saying goes, when you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

To someone with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails.

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

I believe that inside every tool is a hammer.

It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.

Just because we have the best hammer, does not mean that every problem is a nail.

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.

I don't see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.

Much public thinking follows a rut. The same thing is true in science. People get stuck and don't look in other directions.

You gotta be able to change worlds.

We keep saying we have no other course; what we should be saying is we are not bright enough to see any other course.

I not only use all the brains I have but I borrow what I can from everyone about me.

I'm going to be a guy who can defend a bunch of different positions.

I can work with a lot of different mentalities.

I can work with anyone.

I like to think I would adapt to the way that any manager who came in would want to play.

I've been blessed that my dad taught me at a young age about versatility and how to not be specialized in one area, so it's made my transition from each step in my career very comfortable because I had the fundamentals and the foundation to do anything the coach needed me to do.

I've had the benefit of doing pretty much everything. So I'm really pretty comfortable in any situation.

I've learned pretty quickly you better be able to adjust daily.

I have an imagination that will go in any direction it is prodded. I pride myself on being able to become enthusiastic about anything: If you tell me to write a screenplay about cucumber farms, I'll swallow hard, and in 48 hours, I'll be in love with cucumber farms.

Don't be too close-minded, and don't think there's only one way to get to where you want to be. There are a thousand ways to get there, and if one way doesn't work, try the other.

How many times have you heard a person in a workplace say, "I wasn't trained for this!" That's an impossible reaction from a physicist, who would say, instead, "Cool. A problem I've never seen before. Let's see how I can figure out how to solve it!"

Remember that there's no one way of doing things. ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.