Knowin’ all about baseball is just about as profitable as bein’ a good whittler.
KIN HUBBARDWashing your car and polishing it all up is a never failing sign of rain.
More Kin Hubbard Quotes
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If there’s anything mean in a feller, a litter authority will bring it out.
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The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.
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Bargain… anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.
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If there’s anything a public servant hates to do it’s something for the public.
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University: … a place where rich men send their sons who have no aptitude for business.
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A never-failing way to get rid of a fellow is to tell him something for his own good.
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Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
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Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he’s overcharging you.
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There is plenty of peace in any home where the family doesn’t make the mistake of trying to get together.
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Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, an’ it keeps on laughin’.
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A loafer always has the correct time.
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Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has traveled is the worst.
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There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
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Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.
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I don’t look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.
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Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.
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When a woman says, ‘I don’t wish to mention any names’, it means it ain’t necessary to mention any names.
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A fellow ought to save a few of the long evenings he spends with his girl till after they’re married.
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No matter how much strong black coffee we drink, almost any after- dinner speech will counteract it.
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When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference.
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There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?
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In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it.
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The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.
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It’s what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.
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A friend that ain’t in need is a friend indeed.
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The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son
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