Politics makes strange postmasters.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Politics
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Laziness, Patience
If there’s one thing above all a vulture can’t stand, it’s a glass eye.
—Kin Hubbard
It’s the good loser who finally loses out.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Losers, Losing, Loss
It’s pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Happiness, Money, Success, Poverty
Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Gifts
All the world loves a good loser.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Loss, Losers, Losing
In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Gardening
If you haven’t seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven’t seen her smile her prettiest.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Smile
If there’s anything mean in a feller, a litter authority will bring it out.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Authority
Some people are so sensitive they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them.
—Kin Hubbard
The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Agreement
Bees aren’t as busy as we think they are: They just can’t buzz any slower.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Animals
It’s going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Inheritance
Beauty is only skin deep, but it’s a valuable asset if you’re poor or haven’t any sense.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Beauty
We like little children, because they tear out as soon as they get what they want.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Children
If there is anything a public servant hates to do it is something for the public.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Politics, Politicians
The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Home
Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Appearance
It ain’t a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you’re talking about.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Silence
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Politics
We’d all like to vote for the best man, but he’s never a candidate.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Voting
The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Listening
Being an optimist after you’ve got everything you want doesn’t count.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Mindsets, Optimism, Positive Attitudes
There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Success & Failure
It’s pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Ability
Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Peace
Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Kindness
It is no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: The Poor, Poverty
Nobody forgets where he buried the hatchet.
—Kin Hubbard
Topics: Forgiveness
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