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

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.
Kin Hubbard

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

A loafer always has the correct time.
Kin Hubbard

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

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

All the world loves a good loser.
Kin Hubbard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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