"I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me."

"Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, if necessary, 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…"

"No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public."

"I never asked what people wanted; I told them what they needed."

"I have been called a liar, a cheat, a humbug, and all that, but I have always been truthful in my way."