Kin Hubbard Quotes

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

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.

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

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

It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

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

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

One of the commonest ailments of the present day is the premature formation of opinion.

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

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

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

Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.

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

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

"Why doesn't the fellow who says, "I'm no speechmaker," let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration? "

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

Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.

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

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

The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son

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

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

Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.

I haven't heard of anybody who wants to stop living on account of the cost.

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

Only one fellow in ten thousand understands the currency question, and we meet him every day.

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

It's the good loser who finally loses out.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought.

Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has traveled is the worst.

It seems that nothing ever gets to going good till there's a few resignations

Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.

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

There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.

Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.