Neil deGrasse Tyson

If we find life out there, and it's not us, we will deem it not intelligent. But what may be equally as likely is that we find life that's vastly more intelligent than we are. If that's the case, we are putty in their hands.

American Scientist

Scoot McNairy

I really love Andrew Dominik's movies. When you work with someone whose movies you really love and who you have a lot of admiration for, you turn into putty in their hands.

American Actor

Richard Stallman

If you use a proprietary program or somebody else's web server, you're defenceless. You're putty in the hands of whoever developed that software.

Scientist

Douglas Sirk

Rock Hudson was not an educated man, but that very beautiful body of his was putty in my hands.

German Director

Putty is commonly used in DIY projects, especially for sealing windows or filling holes.

Home Repairs

Putty is moldable and soft, allowing for easy shaping when applying it to surfaces.

Malleable Texture

Although putty starts off pliable, it hardens when it dries, creating a solid fill.

Dries Hard

Describing someone as 'putty' means they're easily manipulated or influenced.

Easy Influence

Being 'putty' often implies a weakness in character or lack of resistance.

Emotional Weakness

While 'putty in one's hands' can imply control, it's a metaphor, not about actual putty.

Not Literal

Putty as a color is neutral, blending well with most other colors in designs and clothes.

Neutral Shade

The color putty is soft and subtle, often used for a calm and minimalist aesthetic.

Subtle Color

 attempted to create one but ended up with a gooey, soft putty. It wasn't a good rubber substitute, but it did have one strange it appeared to be extremely bouncy. Silly Putty was born! Synthetic polymers have changed the world. Think about it. Could you imagine getting through a single day

From DNA to Silly Putty,...

 Sonya this mat like creature is preserved underneath this massive layer of sand and you see these structures here if I press this putty then we can get an image of what the creature actually looked like you can see the edges of the segments you can see the

The World's Most Rare...

 It's not a whole lot. It fits in a small Ziploc bag. And she tried to piece them together like a jigsaw puzzle. But it was challenging. It's broken up into so many little tiny pieces, I'm trying to use sand and putty, and it's not looking good.

You have no idea where...

 Look at the juice. The color of the juice. That's the right texture. Can you cut that, please? Is this a joke? Oh my lord. Oh my god. It's like putty. Why is this so-- a special rare delicacy when it stinks?