Quotes By Kin Hubbard

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

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

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

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

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

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

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

Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.

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

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.

Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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