Theres A Sucker Born Every Minute Quote

Theres A Sucker Born Every Minute Quote. P.T. Barnum Quote “There is a fool born every minute.” He is widely considered to be one of the best purveyors of entertainment in history — a genius in sales and. The earliest instance that I have found is from Essay on False Genius, published in The European Magazine, and London Review (London) of January 1806:

Commonly attributed to Barnum, there is much testimony of contemporaries that he never actually said this, and in "P In the 1930 John Dos Passos novel The 42nd Parallel, the quotation was attributed to Mark Twain.

Whether Barnum actually used either of these expressions is controversial. Barnum, the famous 19th century American showman and founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, is often quoted as saying "there's a sucker born every. The earliest instance that I have found is from Essay on False Genius, published in The European Magazine, and London Review (London) of January 1806:

. Commonly attributed to Barnum, there is much testimony of contemporaries that he never actually said this, and in "P Brown asserts that it actually originated with a banker named David Hannum, in reference to one of Barnum's hoaxes: a replica of the Cardiff Giant.

P.T. Barnum Quote “There’s a sucker born every minute.”. In the late 19th century, the phrase gained currency among gamblers and con men as a cynical comment on human gullibility He is widely considered to be one of the best purveyors of entertainment in history — a genius in sales and.