Best P T Barnum Quotes
- You know I had rather be laughed at than not to be noticed at all… All
- Energy and patience in business are two indispensable elements of success. Business
- He who is without a newspaper is cut off from his species. Cut
- Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity. Expression
- Medicine is the means by which we poor feeble creatures try to keep from dying or aching. Aching
- No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can understand his business thoroughly unless he… Application
- To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter. Beautiful
- Many persons are always kept poor, because they are too visionary. Every project looks to them like certain successes, and therefore they keep changing from… Always Kept
- Constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centered… Attention
- The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses… Accepting
- I am a showman by profession... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me. All
- I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right. Care
- No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public. American
- There’s no such thing as bad publicity, Bad
- There's one born every minute. Born
- Your success depends on what you do yourself, with your own means Depends
- To forgive heals the wound, to forget heals the scar. Forget
- There is no class of people in the world, who have such good memories as creditors. Class
- You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out. Bold
- If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star. Hit
- Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd. Crowd
- The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller. Common
- I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of… Child
- If I was not a remarkably modest man, I should probably brag a little, and say that I had done what no American ever before… Accomplished
- Never attempt to catch a whale with a minnow. Attempt