Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.
– Kin Hubbard
There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you
about it?
– Kin Hubbard
A good listener is usually thinking of something else.
– Kin Hubbard
Being an optimist after you’ve got everything you want doesn’t count.
– Kin Hubbard
If you haven’t seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven’t seen her smile her prettiest.
– Kin Hubbard
Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn’t
start a conversation.
– Kin Hubbard
Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
– Kin Hubbard
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
– Kin Hubbard
Man’s greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of with his
neighbors.
– Kin Hubbard
If capital and labor ever do get together it’s good night for the rest of us.
– Kin Hubbard
Flattery won’t hurt you if you don’t swallow it.
– Kin Hubbard
Some people are so sensitive that they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them.
– Kin Hubbard
We’d all like t’vote fer th’best man, but he’s never a candidate.
– Kin Hubbard
In spite of all our speeding it’s still the style to be late.
– Kin Hubbard
It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he
goes in the advertising game.
– Kin Hubbard
The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.
– Kin Hubbard
A never-failing way to get rid of a fellow is to tell him something for his own good.
– Kin Hubbard
It’s pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
– Kin Hubbard
A bad cold wouldn’t be so annoying if it weren’t for the advice of our friends.
– Kin Hubbard
One of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get
married.
– Kin Hubbard
The only time some fellows are ever seen with their wives is after they’ve been indicted.
– Kin Hubbard
Listening is the only way to entertain some folks.
– Kin Hubbard
Fun is like life insurance – the older you get, the more it costs.
– Kin Hubbard
One of the commonest ailments of the present day is premature formation of an opinion.
– Kin Hubbard
Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.
– Kin Hubbard
Every time I read where some woman gave a short talk I wonder how she stopped.
– Kin Hubbard
The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin
you.
– Kin Hubbard
Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They just can’t buzz any slower.
– Kin Hubbard
A sympathizer is a fellow that’s for you as long as it doesn’t cost anything.
– Kin Hubbard
When you consider what a chance women have to poison their husbands, it’s a wonder there
isn’t more of it done.
– Kin Hubbard
There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.
– Kin Hubbard
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn’t have as many monuments to unveil.
– Kin Hubbard
Washing your car and polishing it all up is a never failing sign of rain.
– Kin Hubbard
Come good times or bad, there is always a market for things nobody needs.
– Kin Hubbard
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
– Kin Hubbard
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.
– Kin Hubbard
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
– Kin Hubbard
It’s pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty and wealth have both failed.
– Kin Hubbard