“If you want to start a company and run it yourself then that’s your business”
"That's your business" usually means "that's your life/prerogative" and does not refer to an actual business, but there are jokes. “@cluedont: If you want to set up…
"That's your business" usually means "that's your life/prerogative" and does not refer to an actual business, but there are jokes. “@cluedont: If you want to set up…
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. (1874-1956), the chairman and CEO of IBM from 1914 to 1956, gave his formula for success -- "double your rate of failure" (or "double your failure rate").…
"If you want to understand how to fix a problem in the world, you have to ask who is profiting from the problem. Not who is suffering from it" is a saying that has been printed on many…
"If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep" is an aphorism that has been cited in print since at least 1912. The authorship of the saying is unknown. HathiTrust Digital…
"If you watch an Apple store get robbed, are you an iWitness?" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many ecards. "Joke....what do you call a person who sees a murder in an…
Some people lack self-confidence. "If you were able to believe in Santa Claus for like 8 years, you can believe in yourself for like 5 minutes/seconds" is an inspirational saying that has…
A "graveyard shift" is a night shift, such as one between midnight and 6 a.m. It does not necessarily involve a work shift at a cemetery, but there are jokes. "And for two summers, I…
A popular saying about speaking is: "If you would be pungent, be brief—for it is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed the deeper they burn." The line was published…
"If you're going to quit anything, quit making excuses and quit waiting for the right time" is a motivational saying that has been printed on several images. "2013 is gone be…
"If you're having a bad day, an important thing to remember is that no one cares" is a jocular saying that has been printed on an image. "No one cares if I’m having a bad day.…
"If you're having second thoughts, you're two ahead of most people" is a saying that has been printed on several images. That is, most people avoid thinking. "If…
"Search and recuse" is always "looking for people" -- not always to hire, but there are jokes. "Job Hunters Alert! Check out Local Search and Rescue! I hear they are always…
Entry in progress -- B.P. QuartzAugust 18, 2015The White House appointed its first openly transgender stafferWRITTEN BYAnnalisa Merelli(...)Wade Henderson, president of The Leadership Conference…
MetaFilter poster blue_beetle wrote on August 26, 2010: "If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold." This means that, while Google and…
WD-40 is the trademark name of a water-displacing spray. A "smart straw" helps to spray the lubricant. "If they don't want you to drink the WD-40, why does it come with a…
Sheryl Sandberg, an American technology executive with Google and then Facebook, spoke before the graduating class of Harvard Business School in May 2012. She said of her taking interview with…
"If you've seen one chamber (of commerce), you've seen one chamber (of commerce)" is a popular saying among members of chambers of commerce. The saying means that each chamber…
"When you have hit rock bottom (before) and survived, there are very few things in life that can scare you" is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is…
"If you’re ever being chased by a pack of taxidermists, do not play dead" is jocular advice that has been printed on several images. "If you are being chased by a pack of…
"If you’re not in my circle of trust, you’re probably in my triangle of suspicion or rhombus of doubt" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted…