P. T. Barnum Quotes

Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing. If a man has not the pluck to keep on advertising, all the money he has already spent is lost.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.

Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.

Whatever you do, do it ardently.

Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.

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

Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience.

Your success depends on what you do yourself, with your own means

Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.

Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.

If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star.

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

Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.

Every crowd has a silver lining.

Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain.