Quotes By Kin Hubbard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.

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

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

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

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

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

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

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

Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.

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

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

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

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

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

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's the good loser who finally loses out.

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

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

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

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