"A Good Craftsman Never Blames His Tools". As any old saying, it is often twisted and reinterpreted to mean whatever suits whoever uses it. Inversion: "A Bad Craftsman Blames His Tools"
This assumes a talented craftsman will be good with any toolset you give him. Which is often used to push bad tools to engineers, because if they have any pride they will take the challenge and produce great work!
Which reminds me this little passive witty:
We, the unwilling
Led by the unknowing
Are doing the impossible
For the ungrateful
We have done so much
For so long
With so little
We are now qualified
To do anything
With nothing
