Kin Hubbard Quotes

“A good listener is usually thinking of something else.”

“A sympathizer is a fellow that’s for you as long as it doesn’t cost anything.”

“Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They just can’t buzz any slower.”

“Being an optimist after you’ve got everything you want doesn’t count.”

“Come good times or bad, there is always a market for things nobody needs.”

“Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn’t start a conversation.”

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

“Flattery won’t hurt you if you don’t swallow it.”

“Fun is like life insurance – the older you get, the more it costs.”

“If you haven’t seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven’t seen her smile her prettiest.”

“In spite of all our speeding it’s still the style to be late.”

“It’s pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.”

“It’s pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty and wealth have both failed.”

“Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.”

“Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.”

“Man’s greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of with his neighbors.”

“Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.”

“One of the commonest ailments of the present day is premature formation of an opinion.”

“Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.”

“Some people are so sensitive that they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them.”

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

“The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.”

“The only time some fellows are ever seen with their wives is after they’ve been indicted.”

“There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.”

“There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?”

“We’d all like to vote for the best man, but he’s never a candidate.”

“When you consider what a chance women have to poison their husbands, it’s a wonder there isn’t more of it done.”