"Engage in one kind of business only, and……" — P T Barnum
"Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully until you succeed, or until you conclude to abandon it. A constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched."
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67 Quotes by P T Barnum
P T Barnum has 67 quotes on this site.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of…
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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove…
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The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of…
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As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people…
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Without promotion, something terrible happens... nothing!
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Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours,…
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We cannot all see alike, but we can all do good.
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Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing.
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Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of…
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A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result…
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How were the receipts today in Madison Square Garden ?
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More Abandon Quotes
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
— John James Audubon
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for…
— Teresa of Avila
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
— Abu Bakr
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When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon…
— Javier Bardem
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance…
— Gary Bauer
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Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration,…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
— George W. Bush
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I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign…
— David Byrne
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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the…
— Albert Camus
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