Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
With the young man starting in business, let him understand the value of money by earning it. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them ... are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing. If a man has not the pluck to keep on advertising,… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes… — 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
