P. T. Barnum Quotes - Page 4

The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music or the drama which secures for the gifted artists a world-wide fame princes well might envy.

Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs.

There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the outgo.

Small does of advertising result in nothing, obviously. It's like giving a sick person half the medicine he needs. It just causes more suffering. Give the whole dose, and the cure will be certain and decisive.

A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained.

He who is without a newspaper is cut off from his species.

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

Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them ... are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our academies, colleges and churches.

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

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

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

I never liked to work, I mean manual work.

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

I think it is conceded that I generally do pretty big things as a manager, am audacious in my outlays and risks, give much for little money, and make my shows worthy the support of the moral and refined classes.

How were the receipts today in Madison Square Garden ?