History Quotes / WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer

—->--''Literature/RomeoAndOrJuliet''

->’’’Juliet’’’: There must be something we can do. What do you suggest?\\
‘’’Friar Lawrence’’’: Well, I mean, you COULD fake your own death for forty-two hours. I got a vial that makes that happen in people. It’s not even a big deal.\\
‘’’Juliet’’’: That’s crazy.\\
‘’’Friar Lawrence’’’: Yeah, no, I could see why you’d say that. Alright, here’s another option, and it’s crazy, Juliet, but it JUST MIGHT WORK.\\
‘’’Juliet’’’: Yes?\\
‘’’Friar Lawrence’’’: You could fake PARIS’S death for forty-two hours instead.\\
‘’’Juliet’’’: That’s even crazier! That’s fake attempted murder and won’t solve anything and will, in fact, only create extra problems for me! Listen, Friar, do you have any solutions that don’t involve anyone faking their death for forty-two hours?\\
‘’’Friar Lawrence’’’: I don’t understand.
—->—-‘’’Literature/RomeoAndOrJuliet’’’

->'''Shaw:''' There's a time for a scalpel and a time for a hammer. [[Creator/MCHammer It's hammer time.]]

-->-- '''''Abraham Maslow''''', TropeNamer

-->-- '''''Website/{{Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-ridiculously-badass-protesters-ever-photographed/ "The 8 Most Ridiculously Badass Protesters Ever Photographed"]]

->''[Black Adam, the KnightTemplar madman [[PhysicalGod with the same powers as]] [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], is rampaging around and slaughtering the planet. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge The whole thing]].]''\\

'''John Henry Irons ({{Steel}}):''' [[DropTheHammer Grab your hammer]].

-->-- [[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=11918608&postcount=184 Shadowjack's recap]] of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' episode 67

->''"When all you have is a hammer, everyone else is a nail"''

'''Peridot:''' We have a drill. ''We're going to drill.''\\
''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''

-->-- ''TheIncredibleHercules #119''

->'''Shaw:''' There's a time for a scalpel and a time for a hammer. It's hammer time.

-->'''Lycaon''': Do you know how to kill him?\\
'''Lysander''': [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Cut him into pieces and burn them.]]\\

->I require a reminder as to why raining arcane destruction is not an appropriate response to all of life's indignities. Quickly, please, before they are out of range.

->As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero.

->Hey, you know what really gets under my skin? Proverbially, of course? A century of wizards looking down their damn noses at me. ''Energy Drain!'' I know people think I'm stupid. Because I'm not a wizard. Because I get bored easily. Because I have no interest in strategy or tactics or contingency planning. ''Energy Drain!'' But see, I've learned a lot over the years since I died. A lot more than I learned during my life. And now I see that planning doesn't matter. Strategy doesn't matter. Only two things matter: Force in as great a concentration as you can manage, and style. And in a pinch, style can slide. ''Energy Drain!'' In any battle, there's always a level of force against which no tactics can succeed. For example, all I need to do is keep smacking you with Energy Drains, and soon you won't be able to cast any of your fancy spells at all. ''Energy Drain!'' Because yes, I am a sorcerer - and this magic is in my bones, not cribbed off of "Magic for Dummies." And I can keep casting the same friggin' spell at you until you roll over and die. You can have your finely-crafted watch - give me the sledgehammer to the face any day. '''ENERGY DRAIN!'''

->"It's like I know all the combos in the game but he just keeps hitting the A button!"

->I'm going to fix [[CallingTheOldManOut this]] like I fix [[ComedicSociopathy every other problem]] in my life: [[WhipItGood by whipping]] [[AbusiveParents everybody within]] [[AxCrazy a five-hundred-yard radius]]!

'''Usagi''': "…no kidding."

->''Black Adam, the KnightTemplar madman [[PhysicalGod with the same powers as]] [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], is rampaging around and slaughtering the planet. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge The whole thing]]''.\\
'''Natasha Irons:''' "What are we supposed to do now?"\\
'''John Henry Irons ({{Steel}}):''' "[[DropTheHammer Grab your hammer]]."

->'''Thief:''' Okay, this should be simple enough. I can steal anything that isn't nailed down or on fire. I'm dealing with neither of these things now. This is just an incorporeal force locked inside an arcane orb of solid crystal by magical forces beyond my comprehension while the embodiment of death itself looms over my soon to be corpse.
-->-- ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''.

-->--'''King Dedede''', ''[[WebAnimation/BowsersKingdom Smash Kingdom]]: [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/428847 Melee]]''

-->--'''Narration''', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7023712/1/Unto_Death Unto Death]]'', Chapter 5

->When the only tool you have is a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]], every problem looks like hours of fun.
-->--'''Unknown'''

->'''Buffy:''' "Why don't I just put a stake through her heart?"\\
'''Giles:''' "She's not a vampire."\\
'''Buffy:''' "You'd be surprised how many things that'll kill."

->"I couldn't think of one clever way to stop this guy, so I just trusted in mindless violence"

->"I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."

'''[[FriendlySniper Mordecai]]''': (sigh) Like I said, instead of punching, I prefer to keep my distance from my target, pick my moment, then kill them with a single, well-placed shot.\\

-> Hey, you know what really gets under my skin? Proverbially, of course? A century of wizards looking down their damn noses at me. ''Energy Drain!'' I know people think I'm stupid. Because I'm not a wizard. Because I get bored easily. Because I have no interest in strategy or tactics or contingency planning. ''Energy Drain!'' But see, I've learned a lot over the years since I died. A lot more than I learned during my life. And now I see that planning doesn't matter. Strategy doesn't matter. Only two things matter: Force in as great a concentration as you can manage, and style. And in a pinch, style can slide. ''Energy Drain!'' In any battle, there's always a level of force against which no tactics can succeed. For example, all I need to do is keep smacking you with Energy Drains, and soon you won't be able to cast any of your fancy spells at all. ''Energy Drain!'' Because yes, I am a sorcerer - and this magic is in my bones, not cribbed off of "Magic for Dummies." And I can keep casting the same friggin' spell at you until you roll over and die. You can have your finely-crafted watch - give me the sledgehammer to the face any day. '''ENERGY DRAIN!'''

-> "It's like I know all the combos in the game but he just keeps hitting the A button!"

-> I'm going to fix [[CallingTheOldManOut this]] like I fix [[ComedicSociopathy every other problem]] in my life: [[WhipItGood by whipping]] [[AbusiveParents everybody within]] [[AxCrazy a five-hundred-yard radius]]!

-> '''Usagi''' /draws her Scepter. "Well, I might as well try this sucker. Though goodness knows how I'm supposed to 'cleanse' a pile of rocks."
-> '''<< Usagi : Cast > Halation : Rubble >>'''
-> < Rubble destroyed! Plesiosaurs freed! >
-> '''Usagi''': "…no kidding."

-> ''Black Adam, the KnightTemplar madman [[PhysicalGod with the same powers as]] [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], is rampaging around and slaughtering the planet. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge The whole thing]]''.\\

-> '''Thief:''' Okay, this should be simple enough. I can steal anything that isn't nailed down or on fire. I'm dealing with neither of these things now. This is just an incorporeal force locked inside an arcane orb of solid crystal by magical forces beyond my comprehension while the embodiment of death itself looms over my soon to be corpse.

->'''Ajak:''' Wait. Are you trying to say... the backup strategy of the great warrior god handpicked by the wise Athena herself to save ''all the pantheons'' and the world of men... is to find the enemy... and to ''hit'' him?
->'''Hercules:''' What do you want from me? I punch stuff, it falls down. That's the only "strategy" I've ever needed.

->'''Buffy:''' "Why don't I just put a stake through her heart?" \\
'''Giles:''' "She's not a vampire." \\

-> "I couldn't think of one clever way to stop this guy, so I just trusted in mindless violence"
-->-- '''Cliff Steele''', ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol''

->'''[[TheBigGuy Brick]]''': Explain it to me again, Mordy.
->'''[[FriendlySniper Mordecai]]''': (sigh) Like I said, instead of punching, I prefer to keep my distance from my target, pick my moment, then kill them with a single, well-placed shot.
->'''Brick''': Whoa, whoa, whoa. You lost me at "instead of punching."

-->"I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."

-->-- '''Website/{{Cracked}}'s [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-ridiculously-badass-protesters-ever-photographed/ The 8 Most Ridiculously Badass Protesters Ever Photographed]]'''

->''"Lovie returns to Tampa after spending five years there as an assistant in the late 90s, helping to perfect the Tampa 2 defense, which is the most annoying defense in the history of football. It is a boring defense that invites offenses to go up and down the field seven yards at a time, and it will crush your will to live no matter which side you are cheering for. Regardless of what the offense is doing, you can be sure that Lovie will make absolutely NO adjustment to his defense whatsoever. Hey Coach, they're lining up trips right! TAMPA 2. Hey Coach, they're gonna pound the ball up the middle! TAMPA 2. Hey Coach, they've imported space cyborgs to literally fly the ball up the field! TAMPA 2. The Tampa 2 sucks."''

->'''Jay:''' So, they're shooting him with positively-charged slime, and they're shooting the painting with the proton packs. What is this--? What is this doing?\\
'''Rick:''' [[HandWave It defeats evil]], Jay.\\
'''Jay:''' They're just lassos, basically! They're like lassos for ghosts!\\
'''Rich:''' They could've come up with something clever, y'know. They could've thrown, like, turpentine on [[PhantomZonePicture the painting]], and that would've defeated Vigo. And that would've been mildly clever.\\
'''Mike:''' But that wouldn't have involved them shooting their proton packs.\\
'''Jay:''' Yeah, you have to have them shooting their proton packs even if it doesn't make any sense, just because they're Ghostbusters, and that's what they do.
-->-- ''WebVideo/HalfInTheBag'' riffs ''Film/GhostbustersII''

->''"When you have absolute dominion over the insect kingdom, you tend to think every problem is just a matter of finding the right volume of bees to throw at it."''
-->-- '''Website/{{Cracked}}'s [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-ridiculously-badass-protesters-ever-photographed/ The 8 Most Ridiculously Badass Protesters Ever Photographed]]'''

-->--'''''[[Creator/RedLetterMedia Half in the Bag]]''''' riffs ''{{Film/Ghostbusters}} II''