P. T. Barnum Quotes

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• No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public.

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  Ignorance, Men, Broke

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• Many people are gullible, and we can expect this to continue.

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  People, Gullible

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• 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.

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  Eye, Men, Wool

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• There is a fool born every minute

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  Fool, Born, Minutes

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• You can fool most of the people most of the time.

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  People, Fool

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• The noblest art is that of making others happy

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  Art, Art Is

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• The bigger the humbug, the better people will like it.

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  People, Bigger, Humbug

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• There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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  Advertising Business, Publicity, Public Relations

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• Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.

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  Judging, Publicity, Terrible

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• There's one born every minute.

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  Born, Minutes

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• But however mysterious is nature , however ignorant the doctor, however imperfect the present state of physical science , the patronage and the success of quacks and quackeries are infinitely more wonderful than those of honest and laborious men of science and their careful experiments.

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  Men, Doctors, Ignorant

  P. T. Barnum (2013). “The Humbugs of the World”, p.149, Lulu.com

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• Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.

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  Motivational, Work, Persistence

  P.T. Barnum (2016). “The Art of Money Getting”, p.27, BookRix

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• We cannot all see alike, but we can all do good.

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  Good Service

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• You know I had rather be laughed at than not to be noticed at all.

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  Knows, Laughed

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• Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.

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  Circus, Clown, Hung

  Tampa Bay Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January/February 1990.

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• Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.

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  Crowds, Draws

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• Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.

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  Men, Brave, Doe

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.43, Applewood Books

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• I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right.

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  Names, Long, Care

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• Every crowd has a silver lining.

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  Business, Perspective, Crowds

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• Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes of being rich today and poor tomorrow they may have something tangible to fall back upon. This provision might save many persons from misery, who by some unexpected turn of fortune have lost all their means.

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  Daughter, Mother, Fall

  P.t. Barnum (2015). “Golden Rules for Making Money”

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• The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.

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  Life Is Good, Sick, Foundation

  P. T. Barnum (2015). “The Art of Money Getting, or Golden Rules for Making Money”, p.7, Booklassic

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• If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize.

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  Hands, Prize, Ifs

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.40, Applewood Books

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• Never attempt to catch a whale with a minnow.

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  Whales, Publicity, Minnows

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

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  Beautiful, Sweet, Laughter

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• There is no greater picture than that of 10,000 smiling children. No brighter music than their clear-ringing laughter. That I, with my small amusements, have created such precious art is my life's proudest achievement.

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  Art, Laughter, Children

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