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."

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

— Kin Hubbard

Money

All Quotes by Kin Hubbard

“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

“I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.”

— Kin Hubbard

Government

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

— Kin Hubbard

Best

“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

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

— Kin Hubbard

Christmas

“No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.”

— Kin Hubbard

Pet

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

— Kin Hubbard

Peace

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

— Kin Hubbard

Good

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

— Kin Hubbard

Thanksgiving

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

— Kin Hubbard

Money

“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

“There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.”

— Kin Hubbard

Failure

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

— Kin Hubbard

Happiness

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

— Kin Hubbard

Men

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

— Kin Hubbard

Money

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

— Kin Hubbard

Home

“Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.”

— Kin Hubbard

Money

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

— 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

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

— Kin Hubbard

Money