“If you want to succeed, double your rate of failure”
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…”
"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”
"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?” (joke)
"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…
“If you were able to believe in Santa Claus for 8 years, you can believe in yourself for 5 minutes”
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…
“If you work at a cemetery, every shift is a graveyard shift”
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…
“If you would be pungent, be brief”
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”
"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”
"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”
"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…
“If you’re in need of a job, you could try Search and Rescue. They’re always looking for people”
"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…
“If you’re not in the room, then you’re not at the table”
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…
“If you’re not paying for it, you are the product”
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…
“If you’re not supposed to drink WD-40, why does it come with a straw?”
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…
“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on”
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’re persistent, you’ll get it. If you’re consistent, you’ll keep it. And if you’re grateful, you’ll attract more of it”
"If you're persistent, you'll get it. If you're consistent, you'll keep it. And if you're grateful, you'll attract more of it" is a motivational saying that…
“If you’re persistent, you’ll get it. If you’re consistent, you’ll keep it. If you’re grateful, you’ll attract more of it”
"If you're persistent, you'll get it. If you're consistent, you'll keep it. And if you're grateful, you'll attract more of it" is a motivational saying that…
“If you’re petting a small dog in your lap, it’s 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…
“If you’ve seen one chamber of commerce, you’ve seen one chamber of commerce”
"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…
“If you’ve seen one Santa, you’ve seen a mall”
Many shopping malls have Santa Claus displays for Christmas. “‘Santa isn’t real’ ok, I literally saw him at the mall” is a joke. "GOD IT SEEMS if you`ve seen one santa ..you`ve seen…