Kin Hubbard Quotes (125 Quotes)

The world gels better every day - then worse again in the evening.

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

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

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.

If at first you do succeed, don't take any more chances.

The chronic grumbler is a church social compared to the feller that agrees with everything you say

Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity.

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

The' feller that sets on a store box with his mouth full of scrap terbacker while his wife is at home sewing' fer a living' knows jist exactly how t' regulate the railroads

Every father expects his boy to do the things he wouldn't do when he was young.

Young Lafe Bud says he always hates t' get his hair cut cause it makes his hat look so old

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

There is one advantage to being poor -- a doctor will cure you faster.

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.

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

Kindness goes a long ways lots o' times when it ought t' stay at home

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

It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.

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

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

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.

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

One of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get married.

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

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

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

The reason the way of the transgressor is hard is because it's so crowded.

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

He was a power politically for years, but he never got prominent enough t'have his speeches garbled

All the world loves a good loser.

About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the stork.

After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.

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

The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a sun.

Look out for the people who allow you to do all the talking.

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

Plain spoken people get most of the recognition because folks are afraid of them.

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

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

Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.

The early tire gets the roofin' tack.

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

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

I haven't heard of anyone who wants to stop living on account of the cost.

Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows.

If a feller screwed up his face when he asked for credit like he does when he's asked to settle, he wouldn't get it

Listening is the only way to entertain some folks.

When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference.