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Type: Journalist Quotes Category: American Journalist Quotes Date of Birth: September 1, 1868 Date of Death: December 26, 1930 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Kin Hubbard Related Authors: Ambrose Bierce Dave Barry Erma Bombeck Bob Woodward Jessica Savitch Fran Lebowitz Steve Powers |
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 Honesty pays, but it don'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 If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us. Kin Hubbard If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation. Kin Hubbard If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public. Kin Hubbard If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest. Kin Hubbard It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about. Kin Hubbard It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. Kin Hubbard It isn't enough for you to love money - it's also necessary that money should love you. Kin Hubbard 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 It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it. Kin Hubbard It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it. Kin Hubbard It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. Kin Hubbard It's the good loser who finally loses out. Kin Hubbard It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him. Kin Hubbard Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home. Kin Hubbard Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience. Kin Hubbard Listening is the only way to entertain some folks. Kin Hubbard Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt. Kin Hubbard Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. Kin Hubbard Men are not punished for their for sins, but by them. Kin Hubbard Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out any quicker than the Christmas spirit. Kin Hubbard Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. Kin Hubbard No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish. Kin Hubbard 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 Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest. Kin Hubbard Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet. Kin Hubbard Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble. Kin Hubbard Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause. Kin Hubbard Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it. Kin Hubbard Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you. Kin Hubbard Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. Kin Hubbard Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best. Kin Hubbard Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil. Kin Hubbard Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid. Kin Hubbard Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable. Kin Hubbard The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you. Kin Hubbard The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store. Kin Hubbard The fellow that owns his own house is always just coming out of a hardware store. Kin Hubbard The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more. Kin Hubbard The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. Kin Hubbard The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. Kin Hubbard The world gels better every day - then worse again in the evening. Kin Hubbard The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing. Kin Hubbard There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them. Kin Hubbard 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 There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick. Kin Hubbard There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it? Kin Hubbard Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family. Kin Hubbard We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate. Kin Hubbard We'd all like t'vote fer th' best man, but he's never a candidate. Kin Hubbard We'd all like t'vote for th' best man, but he's never a candidate. Kin Hubbard We'd all like to vote for the best man but he's never a candidate. Kin Hubbard When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money. Kin Hubbard Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper. Kin Hubbard |
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