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."

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

— Kin Hubbard

Success

All Quotes by Kin Hubbard

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

— Kin Hubbard

Family

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

— Kin Hubbard

Money

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

— Kin Hubbard

Best

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

— Kin Hubbard

Success

“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

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

— Kin Hubbard

Happiness

“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

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

— Kin Hubbard

Home

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

— Kin Hubbard

Peace

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

— Kin Hubbard

Money

“Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.”

— Kin Hubbard

Men

“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

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

— Kin Hubbard

Home

“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

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

— Kin Hubbard

Pet

“Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.”

— Kin Hubbard

Patience

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

— Kin Hubbard

Music