Barnum System

Famous quotes containing the words barnum and/or system:

“It’s a Barnum and Bailey world,
Just as phony as it can be.”
—E.Y. Harburg (1898–1981)

“We are now going through a period of demolition. In morals, in social life, in politics, in medicine, and in religion there is a universal upturning of foundations. But the day of reconstruction seems to be looming, and now the grand question is: Are there any sure and universal principles that will evolve a harmonious system in which we shall all agree?”
—Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)