Top 164 Quotes & Sayings by Kin Hubbard
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American journalist Kin Hubbard.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.
If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us.
When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money.
There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.
A good listener is usually thinking about something else.
It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
A loafer always has the correct time.
Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.
I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.
Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.
Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.
No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.
Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.
Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
As to those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in God's path, give them, then, the tidings of a painful agony: on a day when these things shall be heated in hell-fire, and their foreheads, and their sides, and their backs shall be branded therewith.
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.
The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.
An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.
We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
All the world loves a good loser.
Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.
It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.
The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.
A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.
There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?
It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.
There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.
Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.
The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening.
Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.
The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.
Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.
A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.
The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.
There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
It isn't enough for you to love money - it's also necessary that money should love you.
The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.
If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest.
Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause.
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