On: Knowing when to quit - an under-rated skill.

[bennesvig]

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it." -- W.C. Fields

[re_todd → bennesvig]

Can't remember the source ... "If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried."

[drivingmenuts → re_todd]

Or just make it so banal on your resume no one will care to check.

"Tamed tigers for a circus" becomes "Shoveled cat poop".