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July 12, 2025
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“If you are petting a small dog in your lap, it is important to let everyone else in the zoom meeting know…”

A joke about zoom meetings was posted on X/Twitter by Matty on January 8, 2021: "If you are petting a small dog in your lap, it is important to let everyone else in the zoom meeting know what…

July 30, 2018
Work/Businesses

“If you aren’t making waves, you aren’t kicking hard enough”

"If you aren't making waves, you aren't kicking hard enough" ("If you ain't makin' waves, you ain't kickin' hard enough") is a motivational saying…

April 7, 2011
Work/Businesses

“If you break it, you bought it” (Pottery Barn rule)

"If You Break it -- You've Bought It!" was a sign in a bric-a-brac store in Greenwich Village, according to a 1948 column by Walter Winchell. The saying has been written in many…

August 28, 2018
Work/Businesses

“If you can count your money, then go back to work”

"If you can count your money, work harder" (or "If you can count your money, then go back to work") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is related to…

August 28, 2018
Work/Businesses

“If you can count your money, work harder”

"If you can count your money, work harder" (or "If you can count your money, then go back to work") is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is related to…

October 13, 2015
Work/Businesses

“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it”

"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it" is a popular saying that has been printed on many posters. The lines come from American writer Williams…

October 1, 2021
Work/Businesses

“If you can question it, it’s science. If you can’t question it, it’s propaganda”

Some people try to end an argument by simply stating, "It's science!" However, the science can be questioned. "If you cannot question it, it’s not science. It’s…

November 3, 2014
Work/Businesses

“If you can sell. you’ll never be unemployed”

Sales is a very important part of business and the ability to sell is an important asset to have. "If you can sell, you'll never be unemployed" or "if you can sell, you'll…

August 6, 2013
Work/Businesses

“If you can smile when things go wrong, then you have someone in mind to blame”

"If you can smile when things go wrong, then you have someone in mind to blame" is a jocular saying that has been printed on posters. "The man who can smile when things go wrong has…

August 17, 2018
Work/Businesses

“If you can tell the difference between work and play, you aren’t doing one of them right”

"If you can tell the difference between work and play, you aren't doing one of them right" is a saying from advisor, speaker, publisher, author and marketing strategist Warren…

March 6, 2025
Work/Businesses

“If you can’t change the people around you, then change the people around you”

"You can't change the people around you, but you can change the people around you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means that you can't change the…

March 17, 2015
Work/Businesses

“If you can’t find the key to success, pick the lock”

"If you can't find the key to success, pick the lock" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many posters. "Thomas Edison says hard work is the key to success. So…

March 11, 2014
Work/Businesses

“If you can’t innovate, litigate”

"If you can't innovate, (then) litigate" (or "Don't innovate, litigate") is a popular saying, especially in computing and new technologies. A company is successful…

June 8, 2015
Work/Businesses

“If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working for it”

"If you can't stop thinking about it, don't stop working for it" isa motivational saying that has been printed on many posters. "If you can't stop thinking about it,…

December 21, 2012
Work/Businesses

“If you cannot do great things. do small things in a great way” (“Small things with great love”)

"If I can not do great things, I can do small things in a great way" was credited in 1902 to American theologian James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888). It's not certain when Clarke said…

April 15, 2021
Work/Businesses

“If you cannot question it, it’s not science. It’s propaganda”

Some people try to end an argument by simply stating, "It's science!" However, the science can be questioned. "If you cannot question it, it’s not science. It’s…

October 7, 2015
Work/Businesses

“If you don’t fight for what you want, don’t cry for what you lose”

"If you you don't fight for what you love/want, (then) don't cry for what you lose/lost" is a saying that has been printed on posters. "If you don't fight for what you…

June 21, 2015
Work/Businesses

“If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete”

Jack Welch, the chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001, told Fortune magazine of March 27, 1989 his six rules, one of which was: "If you don't have a competitive…

September 26, 2011
Work/Businesses

“If you don’t know jewelry, know your jeweler”

"Know Your Jeweler" has been a slogan since at least the early 1920s, and "Know Your Jeweler if You Don't Know Diamonds" has been cited in print since at least 1927. The…

December 3, 2011
Work/Businesses

“If you don’t take care of your customers, someone else will”

"If you don't take care of your customers, someone else will" is a business saying that has been popular since at least the 1980s. The origin of the saying is unknown. Management…

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