Quotes By Kin Hubbard

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.

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

Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.

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

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

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

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.

A loafer always has the correct time.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

All the world loves a good loser.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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