“The nail that sticks up gets hammered down”
Japanese Proverb
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
Abraham Maslow
“It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, treat everything as if it were a nail.”
“He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.”
“When all you own is a hammer, every problem starts looking like a nail.”
“When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.”
“Every Fedora issue became a nail for the foundation hammer, and the scope of the foundation quickly became too large for efficient progress.”
Max Spevack