P.T. Barnum — "The greatest pleasure I have is in confounding the wise and puzzling the learned…"

"Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business."

"I have a passion for the extraordinary."

"My inexperienced friend, take it for granted that they all tell the truth -- about each other! -- and then transact your business to the best of your ability on your own judgment."

"Science is another important field of human effort... Not at all, my ardent and inquiring friends, there is a scientific humbug just as large as any other."

"There is no such thing in the world as luck. There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street to-day, and another to-morrow, and so on, day after day: …"