Kin Hubbard Quotes - Famous Quotes by Kin Hubbard
Born: 1868-09-01
Died: 1930-12-26
Kin Hubbard Biography
A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.
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A good front is half the battle in love or war.
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A good listener is usually thinking about something else.
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A loafer always has the correct time.
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A woman will buy anything she thinks the store is losing money on.
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All the world loves a good loser.
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An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
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Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.
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Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
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Classical music is the kind that we keep hoping will turn into a tune.
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Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.
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Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
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Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.
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Flattery won’t hurt you if you don’t swallow it.
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Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.
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Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
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It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally, even when you know what you're talking about.
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It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
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It isn't enough for you to love money— it's also necessary that money should love you.
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It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it.
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It's no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.
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Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.
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Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep an' it keeps on laughin'.
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Litigation A form of hell whereby money is transferred from the pockets of the proletariat to that of lawyers.
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Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.
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Men are not punished for their for sins, but by them.
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Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.
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No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.
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Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
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Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.
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Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
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Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has travelled is the worst.
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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.
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Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
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Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.
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The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
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The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.
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The only time some fellows are seen with their wives is after they're indicted.
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The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.
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The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.
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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.
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There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?
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Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.
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We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to.
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We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.
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When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money.
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