Kin Hubbard Quotes

Most popular Kin Hubbard Quotes

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
— Kin Hubbard

enthusiasm

No one ever forgets where he buried the hatchet. - Kin Hubbard quote.
No one ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
— Kin Hubbard

revenge

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.
— Kin Hubbard

management destiny

There's someone at every party who eats all the celery. - Kin Hubbard quote.
There's someone at every party who eats all the celery.
— Kin Hubbard

food

Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
— Kin Hubbard

politicians

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
— Kin Hubbard

middle age

Some folks pay a compliment like they expected a receipt. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Some folks pay a compliment like they expected a receipt.
— Kin Hubbard The San Francisco Call

compliments

Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.
— Kin Hubbard

praise

Some fellows pay a compliment like they expected a receipt. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Some fellows pay a compliment like they expected a receipt.
— Kin Hubbard

funny compliments

Few things make us feel finer than havin' our judgment vindicated. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Few things make us feel finer than havin' our judgment vindicated.
— Kin Hubbard Abe Martin: Hoss Sense and Nonsense

judgment

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
— Kin Hubbard

music

We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate. - Kin Hubbard quote.
We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate.
— Kin Hubbard

politicians

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
— Kin Hubbard

honesty

There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them. - Kin Hubbard quote.
There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.
— Kin Hubbard

women

Some people pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Some people pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it.
— Kin Hubbard

compliments

Come good times or bad, there is always a market for things nobody needs. - Kin Hubbard quote.
Come good times or bad, there is always a market for things nobody needs.
— Kin Hubbard

temptation

A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower. - Kin Hubbard quote.
A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.
— Kin Hubbard

work

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. - Kin Hubbard quote.
The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.
— Kin Hubbard

risk-taking

A never-failing way to get rid of a fellow is to tell him something for his own good. - Kin Hubbard quote.
A never-failing way to get rid of a fellow is to tell him something for his own good.
— Kin Hubbard

criticism funny

When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money. - Kin Hubbard quote.
When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money.
— Kin Hubbard

money

It would be a swell world if everybody was as pleasant as the fellow who's trying to skin you. - Kin Hubbard quote.
It would be a swell world if everybody was as pleasant as the fellow who's trying to skin you.
— Kin Hubbard

manners

It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it. - Kin Hubbard quote.
It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.
— Kin Hubbard

modesty

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

success

Why doesn't the fellow who says "I'm no speechmaker" let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration? - Kin Hubbard quote.
Why doesn't the fellow who says "I'm no speechmaker" let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration?
— Kin Hubbard

funny oratory communication

If government were as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy. - Kin Hubbard quote.
If government were as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy.
— Kin Hubbard

business