Talk:P. T. Barnum
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Somewhere, in the mists of time and the early days of the Internet, I came across the quotation, "The bigger the humbug, the better people will like it." Attributed to P.T. Barnum. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:07, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
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- You can fool some of the people all of the time; you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you can never fool all of the people all of the time.
- This has also been popularly attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
- Every crowd has a silver lining.
- No one went broke underestimating public taste.
- I don't care what they say about me, just make sure they spell my name right!
- How are the ticket sales in Madison Square Garden?
- Alleged final words
- We have something for everybody.
- 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 as now.
- The bigger the humbug, the better people will like it.
The following quote is very popularly misattributed to P.T. Barnum:
- There is a sucker born every minute.
- "To the Egress" (a deceptive sign used to reduce crowding)
The following quote was not Barnum but H. L. Mencken:
- Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people
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- There's a sucker born every minute or There's a client born every minute
- we've got something for everyone
- [his personal aims were] to put money in his own coffers.
- per w:P. T. Barnum
- A human soul is not to be trifled with. It may inhabit the body of a Chinaman, a Turk, an Arab or a Hotentot - it is still an immortal spirit!
- per w:P. T. Barnum
