Phineas T Barnum Quotes & Sayings

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. — Lewis Mumford

The certain pathway to all things that you want is through the corridor of joy. Most of you say, 'When I get that I will be joyful.' And we say, until you are joyful, you will not get that. You must start with the decision-with the determination-with the insistence that, 'I will not settle for less than feeling good.' — Esther Hicks

For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork. — Neil Gershenfeld

I think I'm his biggest fan. Like, I'm really sorry everybody out there but you have a tough time beating me. I'm like the number one Chris Colfer fan club. — Lea Michele

My chest bumps like a dryer with shoes in it. — David Foster Wallace

All the filmmakers I've worked with have taken my desire to educate myself very seriously. — Jeremy Davies

I dream of a house full of books. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Think I'll miss you forever,
Like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky. — Lana Del Rey

When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly. — Chinua Achebe