A sadder but wiser man is a thousand times more agreeable to meet than the feller that never makes a mistake.
KIN HUBBARDI’m sorry to inform you that your 50 year warranty has expired on your back, knees, and memory.
More Kin Hubbard Quotes
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On a day when these things shall be heated in hell-fire, and their foreheads, and their sides, and their backs shall be branded therewith.
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Many a family tree needs trimming
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Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he’s overcharging you.
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Nothing dispels enthusiasm like a small admission fee.
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A friend that ain’t in need is a friend indeed.
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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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Litigation: A form of hell whereby money is transferred from the pockets of the proletariat to that of lawyers.
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Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
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There is no failure except in no longer trying.
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When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference.
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Flattery won’t hurt you if you don’t swallow it.
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In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it.
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Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.
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My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands.
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Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.
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The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.
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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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The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
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The longer it takes you to select a cantaloupe, the worse it is!
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Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
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If you haven’t seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven’t seen her smile her prettiest.
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We’d all like to vote for the best man but he’s never a candidate.
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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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Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.
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