Famous Kin Hubbard Quotations

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"The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you."
by Kin Hubbard
"The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them."
by Kin Hubbard
"It's the good loser who finally loses out."
by Kin Hubbard
"Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet."
by Kin Hubbard
"It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed."
by Kin Hubbard
"Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune."
by Kin Hubbard
"A good listener is usually thinking about something else."
by Kin Hubbard
"A woman will buy anything she thinks the store is losing money on."
by 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"
by Kin Hubbard
"It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness poverty and wealth have both failed."
by Kin Hubbard
"Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit"
by Kin Hubbard
"Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you."
by Kin Hubbard
"Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature."
by Kin Hubbard
"Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has travelled is the worst."
by Kin Hubbard
"One of the simple but genuine pleasures in life is getting up in the morning and hurrying to a mousetrap you set the night before."
by Kin Hubbard
"Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee later than others."
by Kin Hubbard
"The safest way to double your money is to fold over once and put it in your pocket."
by Kin [F. McKinney] Hubbard
"The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket."
by Kin Hubbard
"When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money."
by 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."
by Kin Hubbard
"Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid."
by Kin Hubbard
"Why doesn't the fellow who says, I'm no speechmaker let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration?"
by 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."
by Kin Hubbard
"My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands."
by Kin Hubbard
"It seems to make an auto driver mad if he misses you."
by Kin Hubbard
"Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest."
by Kin Hubbard
"Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity."
by Kin Hubbard
"Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home."
by Kin Hubbard
"All the world loves a good loser."
by Kin Hubbard
"It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about."
by Kin Hubbard
"There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?"
by Kin Hubbard
"I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity."
by Kin Hubbard
"We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate."
by Kin Hubbard
"A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower."
by Kin Hubbard
"The world gels better every day -- then worse again in the evening."
by Kin Hubbard
"Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable."
by Kin Hubbard


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