“He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.”
“Man is a tool using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.”
“Tell me something boss. What do you think is the highest form of art?'Literature," he answered without hesitation. 'Painters and sculptors require elaborate supplies and tools. Dancers must have music. Musicians must have instruments. Literature needs nothing but a voice to speak it or sand to scrawl it in.”
“If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert”
“[A] lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.”
“. . . but in the great demoralization of the land he kept up his appearance. That's backbone.”