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It's a Barnum and Bailey world,
Just as phony as it can be. — Yip Harburg

There's only been three giant promoters in our lifetime. There's Michael Todd, P.T. Barnum, and yours truly. — Don King

The orthodox faith painted God as a revengeful being, and yet people talk about loving such a being. — P.T. Barnum

Every crowd has a silver lining. — P.T. Barnum

Instead of spending money, I earned it. — P.T. Barnum

The bigger the humbug, the better people will like it. — P.T. Barnum

The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves. — P.T. Barnum

Without promotion, something terrible happens ... nothing! — P.T. Barnum

There's one born every minute. — P.T. Barnum

Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing. — P.T. Barnum

A salary was not sufficient for me. — P.T. Barnum

There's a sucker born every minute. — P.T. Barnum

I am indebted to the press of the United States for almost every dollar which I possess ... — P.T. Barnum

In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money. — P.T. Barnum

In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race. — P.T. Barnum

The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success. — P.T. Barnum

More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much. — P.T. Barnum

The plan of "counting the chickens before they are hatched" is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age. — P.T. Barnum

Money is the excellent slave and a horrible master. — P.T. Barnum

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. — P.T. Barnum

Every man's occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly. — P.T. Barnum

I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right. — P.T. Barnum

Never attempt to catch a whale with a minnow. — P.T. Barnum

There is no class of people in the world, who have such good memories as creditors. — P.T. Barnum

The safest plan, and the one most sure of success for the young man starting in life, is to select the vocation which is most congenial to his tastes. — P.T. Barnum

Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it. — P.T. Barnum

There is a fool born every minute — P.T. Barnum

I'm better than P. T. Barnum and Colonel Parker put together. — Evel Knievel

I am prouder of my title 'The Children's Friend' than if I were to be called 'The King of the World'. — P.T. Barnum

Medicine is the means by which we poor feeble creatures try to keep from dying or aching. — P.T. Barnum

Advertising is to a genuine article what manure is to land, - it largely increases the product. — P.T. Barnum

How were the receipts today in Madison Square Garden ? — P.T. Barnum

Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed. — P.T. Barnum

Energy and patience in business are two indispensable elements of success. — P.T. Barnum

Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity. — P.T. Barnum

To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter. — P.T. Barnum

I am a showman by profession ... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me. — P.T. Barnum

Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung. — P.T. Barnum

Many people are gullible, and we can expect this to continue. — P.T. Barnum

I never liked to work, I mean manual work. — P.T. Barnum

With the young man starting in business, let him understand the value of money by earning it. — P.T. Barnum

If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize. — P.T. Barnum

Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs. — P.T. Barnum

Whatever you do, do it ardently. — P.T. Barnum

I'm a bit of a P. T. Barnum. I make stars out of everyone. — Donald Trump

The noblest art is that of making others happy — P.T. Barnum

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests. — P.T. Barnum

Do you want me to kill your father, Barnum? — Lars Saabye Christensen

There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt. — P.T. Barnum

When a man is in the right path, he must persevere. — P.T. Barnum

P.T. Barnum said a sucker is born every minute, but his estimate was laughably low. — Jonathan Gruber

He who is without a newspaper is cut off from his species. — P.T. Barnum

Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing. — P.T. Barnum

As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so ... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told. — P.T. Barnum

You know I had rather be laughed at than not to be noticed at all ... — P.T. Barnum

No profession, trade, or calling, is overcrowded in the upper story. — P.T. Barnum

He's scared, Zane."
"Well he should join the fucking club."
"Come on, Barnum"
"Ty, you are not the tiger whisperer," Zane hissed. — Madeleine Urban

There's no such thing as bad publicity, — P.T. Barnum

Nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public. — P.T. Barnum

Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd. — P.T. Barnum

Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail. — P.T. Barnum

We cannot all see alike, but we can all do good. — P.T. Barnum

You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out. — P.T. Barnum

Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience. — P.T. Barnum

No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public. — P.T. Barnum

Your success depends on what you do yourself, with your own means — P.T. Barnum

To forgive heals the wound, to forget heals the scar. — P.T. Barnum

If you let Barnum & Bailey interpret a plot by Stendahl, it might come out to be something like the 1972 Democratic convention. — Gloria Steinem

If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star. — P.T. Barnum

The wonders of the ages assembled for your edification, education and enjoyment - for a price. — P.T. Barnum

I risked much, but I made much. — P.T. Barnum