Quote #9

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people

More from P.T. Barnum

  1. 'To the Egress' (a deceptive sign used to reduce crowding)
  2. There is a sucker born every minute.
  3. We have something for everybody.
  4. 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 …
  5. How are the ticket sales in Madison Square Garden?
  6. I don't care what they say about me, just make sure they spell my name right!
  7. No one went broke underestimating public taste.
  8. Every crowd has a silver lining.

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