Kin Hubbard

Kin Hubbard

29 quotes

Kin Hubbard is an American cartoonist whose words have traveled far beyond their original audience. Beyond Kin Hubbard, was an American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist, Kin Hubbard proved equally skilled at capturing ideas in a sentence or two. Discover 35 of Kin Hubbard's most memorable quotes, ranging across Money, Home, Peace, Men, and Happiness. Readers often gravitate to this one: "No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish."

“Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.”

— Kin Hubbard

Best

All Quotes by Kin Hubbard

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

— Kin Hubbard

Success

“Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.”

— Kin Hubbard

Music

“It isn't enough for you to love money - it's also necessary that money should love you.”

— Kin Hubbard

Money

“Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.”

— Kin Hubbard

Peace

“Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.”

— Kin Hubbard

Christmas

“The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.”

— Kin Hubbard

Money

“Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.”

— Kin Hubbard

Best

“Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.”

— Kin Hubbard

Home

“Don't knock the weather nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.”

— Kin Hubbard

Change

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

— Kin Hubbard

Good

“It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness poverty and wealth have both failed.”

— Kin Hubbard

Happiness

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

— Kin Hubbard

Home

“A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.”

— Kin Hubbard

Thanksgiving

“Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.”

— Kin Hubbard

Family

“Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.”

— Kin Hubbard

Money

“No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.”

— Kin Hubbard

Alone

“When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money.”

— Kin Hubbard

Money

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

— Kin Hubbard

Smile

“We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.”

— Kin Hubbard

Best

“After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.”

— Kin Hubbard

Famous