[Dixielandjazz] P. T. Barnum

Laurence Swain l.swain at comcast.net
Fri Jun 9 18:15:59 PDT 2006


Tom Wiggins said:

    > You can please all of the people sometime but you have a hard time
    > pleasing all the people all the time. :))

A more elegant turn of phrase is the one attributed to P. T. Barnum:

    "You can please all of the people some of the time, some of the people all the 
    time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time."

With which, Tom's version or the original, I wholeheartedly agree!

Larry Swain


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