Kin Hubbard Quotes

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

- Kin Hubbard

Peace, Victories, Than, Monuments

Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.

- Kin Hubbard

Nobody, Guest, Uninvited, Agreeable

The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.

- Kin Hubbard

Mother, New, Feature, New Baby

A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.

- Kin Hubbard

Almost, Grouch, Many, Escapes

Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.

- Kin Hubbard

Ignorance, Newspaper, Bliss, Foolish

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.

- Kin Hubbard

Path, Gold, Hoard, Branded

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.

- Kin Hubbard

Politics, Never, Candidate, Vote

It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.

- Kin Hubbard

Game, Goes, Used, Police Force

No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.

- Kin Hubbard

Pet, Goldfish, Owner, Helpless

Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

- Kin Hubbard

Nature, Change, Knock, Conversation

If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest.

- Kin Hubbard

Smile, Her, Prettiest, Traffic

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.

- Kin Hubbard

Thanksgiving, Been, Lot, Ruined

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.

- Kin Hubbard

Suspicion, Pretty, Penalties, Being Pretty

It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.

- Kin Hubbard

See, How, Going, Inherit

Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.

- Kin Hubbard

Innocent, Now, Now And Then, Legislature

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

- Kin Hubbard

Money, Over, Fold, Safe Way

Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause.

- Kin Hubbard

Applause, Kicks, Being, Interrupted

There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.

- Kin Hubbard

Kick, Aggravating, Too, Fresh

If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation.

- Kin Hubbard

Some, Away, Been, Vacation

There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?

- Kin Hubbard

Tell, Secret, About, No Secret

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

- Kin Hubbard

Men, Will, Lot, Middle-Aged

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.

- Kin Hubbard

Music, Kind, Will, Classical Music

The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.

- Kin Hubbard

Home, Always, His, Owns

Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.

- Kin Hubbard

Home, Lots, Times, Ought

A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.

- Kin Hubbard

Nature, Bee, Never, Slower

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

- Kin Hubbard

Buried, Where, Ever, Forgets

If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us.

- Kin Hubbard

Rest, Get Together, Capital, Together

The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening.

- Kin Hubbard

World, Every Day, Better, Evening

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

- Kin Hubbard

Honesty, Some, Pay, Pays

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.

- Kin Hubbard

Purpose, Own, Within, Insurmountable

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

- Kin Hubbard

Bad, Still, Even, Occasionally

Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.

- Kin Hubbard

Stupid, Conservative, Some, Credit

Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.

- Kin Hubbard

Money, Store, Thinks, Customer

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

- Kin Hubbard

Average, Ridiculous, Head, Universal

Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.

- Kin Hubbard

Home, Wife, Good Wife, Remedies

Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.

- Kin Hubbard

Insurance, Like, Costs, Fun

It's the good loser who finally loses out.

- Kin Hubbard

Loser, Finally, Good Loser, Loses

All the world loves a good loser.

- Kin Hubbard

Failure, World, Loves, Good Loser

Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.

- Kin Hubbard

Nothing, Pleasantly, Fellow, Irritating

Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.

- Kin Hubbard

Busy, Doing, Some, Folks

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

- Kin Hubbard

Some, Only, Entertain, Folks

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

- Kin Hubbard

Business, Destiny, Lots, Folks

It isn't enough for you to love money - it's also necessary that money should love you.

- Kin Hubbard

Love, Money, Necessary, To Love

After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.

- Kin Hubbard

Famous, Used, Gets, Bob

Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.

- Kin Hubbard

Habit, Single, Caught, Bad Habit

An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.

- Kin Hubbard

Will, Going, Believes, Postponed

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

- Kin Hubbard

Men, Them, Sins, Punished

No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.

- Kin Hubbard

Handsome, She, Features, Witty

It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.

- Kin Hubbard

Hurts, He, Thinks, Fellow

The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.

- Kin Hubbard

Fool, Getting, Either, Fellow

When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money.

- Kin Hubbard

Money, Says, Principle, Fellow

I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.

- Kin Hubbard

Government, Democrats, Ownership

It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

- Kin Hubbard

Happiness, Wealth, Pretty, Failed

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

- Kin Hubbard

Happiness, Wealth, Pretty, Failed

Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.

- Kin Hubbard

Looking, Nobody, Ever, Trouble

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

- Kin Hubbard

More, Get, Take, Hardest Thing

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

- Kin Hubbard

Tears, Next, Faster, Circus

There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.

- Kin Hubbard

Woman, Either, Ways, Handle

Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.

- Kin Hubbard

Doubt, Get, Least, Benefit

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

- Kin Hubbard

Patience, Often, Pep, Mistaken

Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.

- Kin Hubbard

Optimist, Want, Being, Count

If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.

- Kin Hubbard

Government, Public, Servant, Hates

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

- Kin Hubbard

Adversity, Say, More, Prosperity

A loafer always has the correct time.

- Kin Hubbard

Time, Always, Correct

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

- Kin Hubbard

About, Else, Listener, Something Else

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