Age Quote by P. T. Barnum Download Open image “The wonders of the ages assembled for your edification, education and enjoyment - for a price.” — P. T. Barnum ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Age Edification Education Enjoyment Wonder
I was about 40 when I got a glimmer of the wonders archaeology can offer, and I want kids to be able to have… — Tony Robinson Copy Share Image
The experience of the ages that are past, the hopes of the ages that are yet to come, unite their voices in an appeal to us;– they implore us to think more of the character of our people than of its numbers; to look upon our vast natural resources, not as tempters to ostentation and pride, but as means to… — Horace Mann Copy Share
As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but Nature's sources never fail. Like a generous host, she offers her… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity… — Charles Mackay Copy Share Image
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
“[The Edwardian era] was a time of booming trade, of great prosperity and wealth in which the pageant of London Society took place year after year in a setting of traditional dignity and beauty. The great houses—Devonshire, Dorchester, Grosvenor, Stafford and Lansdowne House—had not yet been converted into museums, hotels and flats, and there we danced through the long summer… — Violet Bonham Carter Copy Share
The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews my faith… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Today it’s economically crucial and personally rewarding to create something that is also beautiful, whimsical, or emotionally engaging. — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
books have been my greatest comfort, castle-building a never-failing delight, and scribbling a very profitable amusement. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
The most enjoyable things are the old eighteenth-century terraces that are still standing, that domestic architecture. — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests. — 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
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 Image
Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public. — 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
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 Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40. — Gennaro Gattuso Copy Share Image
Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed. — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I live up to the age of 80, then I end up using 450 toothbrushes in my life. All that… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image