“Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.”
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Famous Kin Hubbard Quotes
“There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.”
“Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.”
“Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.”
“The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.”
“Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.”
“It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.”
“The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.”
“It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.”
“Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.”
“It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.”
“A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.”
“No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.”
“The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening.”
“Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.”
“Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.”
“Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.”
Source: The Best of Kin Hubbard: Abe Martin's Sayings and Wisecracks, Abe's Neighbors, His Almanack, Comic Drawings
“If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation.”
“It isn't enough for you to love money - it's also necessary that money should love you.”
“There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.”
“A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.”
“Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.”
“If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.”
“Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.”
“Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.”
Source: The Best of Kin Hubbard: Abe Martin's Sayings and Wisecracks, Abe's Neighbors, His Almanack, Comic Drawings
“The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.”
“Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.”
“Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.”
“Intelligent people are always on the unpopular side of anything.”
“The longer it takes you to select a cantaloupe, the worse it is!”