No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
I am a showman by profession... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share
A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share
Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share
Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share
No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share
I am a showman by profession... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share
The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share
I think it is conceded that I generally do pretty big things as a manager, am audacious in my outlays and risks, give much… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share
Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share
