Quotes from Kin Hubbard

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.

It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

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

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

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

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

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

When some folks agree with my opinions I begin to suspect I'm wrong.

No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.

If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.

Who recalls when folks got along without something if it cost too much?

As to those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in God's path, give them, then, the tidings of a painful agony: 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.

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

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

We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate.

A bad cold wouldn't be so annoying if it weren't for the advice of our friends.

In spite of all our speeding it's still the style to be late.