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."

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

— Kin Hubbard

Music

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

“Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.”

— Kin Hubbard

Patience

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

— Kin Hubbard

Government

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

— Kin Hubbard

Money

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

— Kin Hubbard

Thanksgiving

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

— Kin Hubbard

Money

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

— Kin Hubbard

Success

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

— Kin Hubbard

Peace

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

— Kin Hubbard

Home

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

— Kin Hubbard

Home

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

— Kin Hubbard

Best

“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

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

— Kin Hubbard

Smile

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

— Kin Hubbard

Happiness

“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

“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

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

— Kin Hubbard

Men

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

— Kin Hubbard

Money

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

— Kin Hubbard

Men