Travis Knight

Works of art are like a Trojan horse. Under the surface is always some artist's deeply held philosophy on their view of the world. But on the other hand, you do not want to make it feel like medicine. You do not want to make it feel like an afternoon TV special where you're trying to hammer a message into someone's head.

American Producer

Condola Rashad

The truth of the matter is, I am a black woman, and I am an actor. I don't try to get caught up in being a black actor; I'm just an actor who is a black woman. It's not about forgetting that you're black, but you don't need to be hammered over the head, either; it just is what it is.

American Actress

Katie McGrath

Working crew made me realise that the actors are a very small part of a very big machine, with each part being vital to make the show work. It so important to remember that it's not about you, it's about the show, and working crew hammered that point home to me.

Irish Actress

Chuka Umunna

My father had hammered into me, you want to look after your family, you want a nice house, and you want to be able to enjoy yourself, and you have to work very hard for those things. Don't think the world is going to come to you.

British Politician

Jason Day

It really is amazing that some days you'll come out and you'll feel like you can beat anyone, and then some days you come out and you've got no confidence in the world, and you can't break an egg with a hammer.

Australian Athlete

David Jason

I would like 'Frost' to go on forever, but you don't want people in the press hammering you, saying you've outstayed your welcome or that it's not believable anymore.

English Actor

Jacob Riis

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.

Danish Journalist

Anthony Kiedis

Sometimes life's so much cooler when you just don't know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered your head open yet.

American Musician

Charles Dallara

A core group of the world's leading economies need to come together and hammer out an understanding.

American Businessman

Ron White

You wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered.

American Comedian

Emphasizes using the hammer as a physical tool for construction or repairs.

Tool Use

Highlights the swinging motion associated when using a hammer.

Striking Motion

Refers to the strong effort needed to effectively use a hammer.

Forceful Action

Connotes continuous or repeated striking, not just a single action.

Persistence

Indicates a specific part in firearms, having a technical context.

Gun Mechanism

Points out the specialization in military or firearms-related fields.

Technical Vocabulary

Indicates the metaphorical sense of working particularly hard on a task.

Metaphorical Effort

Highlights a connotation of strong or relentless criticism.

Criticism

Used to express disapproval or to highlight negative aspects.

Negative Emphasis

Specific to musical instruments, means a part that produces sounds.

Musical Context

Referencing the importance of a hammer in the functioning of pianos.

Instrument Maintenance

 So that we could be kids, not casket or concrete. And it's not because they thought it would make us better than anyone else it's simply because they wanted to keep us alive. All of my black friends were raised with the same message, the talk, given to us when we became old enough to be mistaken for a nail ready to be hammered to the ground,

How to raise a Black son...

 The lander -- again, lots of instruments, mostly comparable except for the things which hammer in the ground and drill, etc. But much the same as Rosetta, and that is because you want to compare what you find in space with what you find on the comet. These are called ground truth measurements.

Fred Jansen: How to land...

 Now we can zig-zag back and forth across the whole snake until we reach the end. And that's just one solution— it helps to be systematic, but you’re likely to happen upon many others once you know where to begin and end your run. You hold your hammer high at the opportune moment,

Can you solve the...

 correct this deficit and actually make these mice communicate more so it's been really exciting and these are animal models but what about in humans is there any evidence that bacteria can influence brain function or behavior and so here's one study this was done by hammer and

A lesson in Bacteria PIPE...

 those lips said bright wings when we kissed, wild and precise—as if she were teaching a seahorse to speak— her mouth so careful, chumming the first vowel from my throat until my brain was a piano banged loud, hammered like that—

"First Kiss" by Tim...

 for the Olympic hammer throw the experience helps the release is perfect okay at Lisa's ballon I just need more speed then right slightly must beat you there you go he's getting a little bit

Strong Men Games PIPE...

 water and hammers nails up his nose we brought to the public something that was sorely needed in our plastic humdrum yuppie eyes dworld in carnival Diablo Vanessa meal keeps alive a long and

Stunning Sideshow...

 quickly without thinking about it name a color got it now name a tool did you just say red hammer said we just read your mind or come pretty close to it it's freaky right let's find out what

Tap Into Your Brain's...

 and limited our ambitions. Our humanity is not defined by any skill, like swinging a hammer or even playing chess. There's one thing only a human can do. That's dream.

Don't fear intelligent...

 even so it can still take hours sometimes days to hammer its way out of a shell this egg and this newly hatched little chick are part of a clutch that was laid on

Hammer