If at first you don’t succeed, try to hide your astonishment.
- Harry F. Banks

If at first you don’t succeed, take the tax loss.
- Kirk Kirkpatrick

If at first you don’t succeed, lie, lie again.
- Laurence J. Peter

If at first you don’t succeed; you are running about average.
- M. H. Alderson

If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.
- Quentin Crisp

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.
- W. C. Fields