People often seek the key (or keys) to success. The “key” is a metaphor.
“I found the key to success, only to discover that the door was never locked” is a one-line saying that has been printed on several images The saying was posted on Twitter on November 9, 2010.
Other sayings about the “key to success” include “I looked for the key to success and then found it’s a combination lock,” “If you can’t find the key to success, pick the lock,” “Just when you find the key to the market, they change the locks,” “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success” and “Successful pianists know the key to success.”
Twitter
Gaurav Kant Goel
@gauravkantgoel
After so many years, at last I found the key to success, only to discover that the door was never locked.
10:37 AM - 9 Nov 2010
Twitter
Saul Rodriguez
@LifeEZsolutions
I found the key to success, only to discover that the door was never locked.
4:07 PM - 30 Nov 2010
Twitter
Amat Victoria Curamॐ
@BR_Nation
I found the key to success, only to discover that the door was never locked
11:04 PM - 30 Nov 2010
Funny Status
I found the key to success, only to discover that…
May 26, 2011 Misc. Status Updates
I found the key to success, only to discover that the door was never locked.
Twitter
D4NNY
@D4nnyMusic
I found the key to success, only to discover that the door was never locked.
5:02 PM - 30 Jul 2013
Facebook
Harding Homes
October 29, 2013 · Boise, ID ·
I found the key to success, only to discover that the door was never locked.
Twitter
Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
I found the key to success, only to discover that the door was never locked.
4:15 PM - 23 May 2017
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
•“Welcome to growing older. Where all the foods and drinks you’ve loved for years suddenly seem determined to destroy you” (4/17)
•“Date someone who drinks with you instead of complaining that you drink” (4/17)
•“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie” (4/17)
•“Definition of stupid: Knowing the truth, seeing the evidence of the truth, but still believing the lie” (4/17)
•“Government creates the crises so it can ‘rescue’ you with the loss of freedom” (4/17)
More new entries...
Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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