Quotes By Kin Hubbard

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

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.

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

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

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.

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

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.

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

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

It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.

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

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

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

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.

The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.

A loafer always has the correct time.

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

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

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

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

If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us.

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