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Cartoonist Kin Hubbard, born on September 1, 1868, and died on December 26, 1930. Hubbard was renowned for his humorous illustrations and satirical cartoons, which held a significant place in American culture during the early 20th century.

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Famous Kin Hubbard Quotes

“Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.”

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

Knows Men Life Humor Success Secret Successful Congratulations Funny Business About Success Successful Man Funny Work

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Politics makes strange post-masters.”

Political Politics Strange Masters Politician Posts

Author:Kin Hubbard

“One of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get married.”

Thinking Children Mistake Worry Married Our Children Your Children

Author:Kin Hubbard

“The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.”

Streets Election Candidates

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee much later than others.”

Seems Science Evolution Folks Chimpanzees

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Executive: a man who makes quick decisions and is sometimes right.”

Men Sometimes Decision Business Executives Quick Decisions

Author:Kin Hubbard

“In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it.”

Order Garden Vegetables Gardener Vegetable Garden

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Whoever takes just plain ginger ale soon gets drowned out of the conversation.”

Food Drink Conversation Drinking Alcohol Ginger Ale

Author:Kin Hubbard

“There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.”

Littles Towns Gossip Little Towns

Author:Kin Hubbard

“I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity.”

People I Can Seems Able Adversity Prosperity Birthday

Author:Kin Hubbard

“It is no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.”

Wells Might Poor Poverty Disgrace

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.”

Want Inspirational Positive Optimism Optimist Optimism And Pessimism

Author:Kin Hubbard

“There ought t'be some way t'eat celery so it wouldn't sound like you wuz steppin' on a basket.”

Way Sound Like You Ought Vegetables Baskets Celery

Author:Kin Hubbard

“A fellow ought to save a few of the long evenings he spends with his girl till after they're married.”

Long Girl Marriage Ought Married Fellows Evening Engaged Engagement

Author:Kin Hubbard

“My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands.”

Ideas Death Three Lost Dying Walking Husband Marrying

Author:Kin Hubbard

“The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.”

Ready Fool Skins Agree Fellows Agreement

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Every father expects his boy to do the things he wouldn't do when he was young.”

Young Father Boys

Author:Kin Hubbard

“All the world loves a good loser.”

World Love Losing Loser World Love

Author:Kin Hubbard

“The only time some fellows are seen with their wives is after they're indicted.”

Wife Fellows Only Time Funny Marriage

Author:Kin Hubbard

“I'm sorry to inform you that your 50 year warranty has expired on your back, knees, and memory. Luckily your lifetime warranty on your heart is still in effect. Of course, that becomes void and expires when you do.”

Years Heart Stills Age Courses Memories Effects Aging Lifetime Sorry Knees Birthday Void I'm Sorry 50th Birthday Expired Warranty

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Many a family tree needs trimming”

Needs Family Tree Trimming

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Another bad thing about "prosperity" is that you can't jingle any money without being under suspicion”

Prosperity Bad Things Suspicion Jingles

Author:Kin Hubbard

“When some fellers decide to retire nobody knows the difference.”

Knows Differences Work Retirement Retiring Nobody Knows

Author:Kin Hubbard

“"Why doesn't the fellow who says, "I'm no speechmaker," let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration? "”

Giving Fellows Let It Go Demonstration Public Speaking

Author:Kin Hubbard

“I haven't heard of anybody who wants to stop living on account of the cost.”

Want Heard Havens Cost Accounts Living On

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.”

Book Funny Waiting Sarcasm Sarcastic

Author:Kin Hubbard

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

Men Hard Work He Man

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They just can't buzz any slower.”

Thinking Busy Bees Buzz Jest

Author:Kin Hubbard

“There is plenty of peace in any home where the family doesn't make the mistake of trying to get together.”

Trying Home Together Mistake Plenty Get Together

Author:Kin Hubbard

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

Ifs Advice Cold Annoying

Author:Kin Hubbard

“An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed”

Believe Literature Fellows Optimist

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Don't say yes until I've finished talking. - Attributed to many Hollywood executives Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.”

Work Talking Destiny Hollywood Management Folks Finished Executives

Author:Kin Hubbard

“We like little children, because they tear out as soon as they get what they want.”

Want Children Littles Tears

Author:Kin Hubbard

“All I kin git out o' the Wickersham position on prohibition is that the distinguished jurist seems to feel that if we'd let 'em have it the problem o' keepin' 'em from gitten;' it would be greatly simplified”

Ifs Feels Problem Seems Would Be Position Ems Distinguished Prohibition Jurists

Author:Kin Hubbard

“When you consider what a chance women have to poison their husbands, it's a wonder there isn't more of it done”

Done Chance Wonder Husband Poison One Chance Men Bashing

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.”

People Ifs Funny Pay Luck Expected Sarcasm Sarcastic Compliment Receipts

Author:Kin Hubbard

“The rich man and his daughter are soon parted.”

Men Women Rich Daughter Rich Man

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Nothing dispels enthusiasm like a small admission fee.”

Funny Enthusiasm Fees Admission

Book:Abe Martin's Back Country Sayings

Source: Abe Martin's Back Country Sayings

“We can tell that a good name is better than riches by those who prefer the riches.”

Names Entrepreneur Riches

Author:Kin Hubbard

“A sadder but wiser man is a thousand times more agreeable to meet than the feller that never makes a mistake.”

Men Mistake Thousand Entrepreneur Wiser

Author:Kin Hubbard

“One of the commonest ailments of the present day is the premature formation of opinion.”

Opinion Entrepreneur Formation Present Day Premature Ailments

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Experience is a dear teacher but he delivers th' goods.”

Teacher Entrepreneur Dear Goods

Author:Kin Hubbard

“We're all self-made men, but not very many of us have stayed on the job.”

Men Made Self Jobs Entrepreneur Self Made Self Made Man

Author:Kin Hubbard

“No matter how much strong black coffee we drink, almost any after- dinner speech will counteract it.”

Matter Strong Black Drink Speech Dinner Coffee Black Coffee

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought.”

Ifs Thinking Justice Folks

Author:Kin Hubbard

“The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him.”

Want Sports Leadership Brother Fellows Want Something

Author:Kin Hubbard

“You won't skid if you stay in a rut.”

Ifs Ruts

Author:Kin Hubbard

“Some people are so sensitive that they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them.”

People Ifs Feels Sensitive Epidemics

Book:New Sayings by Abe Martin and Velma's Vow: A Gripping Love Tale by Miss Fawn Lippincut ...

Source: New Sayings by Abe Martin and Velma's Vow: A Gripping Love Tale by Miss Fawn Lippincut ...

“The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son”

Next Worst Son Waste Breaths Saxophone

Author:Kin Hubbard

About the Author

Born: September 1, 1868
Died: December 26, 1930
Known for: Cartoonist
Quotes: 162

Books & Sources

The Best of Kin Hubbard: Abe Martin's Sayings and Wisecracks, Abe's Neighbors, His Almanack, Comic DrawingsRelated source material

Abe Martin's AlmanackRelated source material

Abe Martin's Back Country SayingsRelated source material

Abe Martin's Sayings And Velma's VowRelated source material

Abe Martin: Hoss Sense and NonsenseRelated source material

Back Country FolksRelated source material

Comments of Abe Martin and His Neighbors: And Several More Or Less Helpful Essays Bearing Directly on a Variety of Important MattersRelated source material

New Sayings by Abe Martin and Velma's Vow: A Gripping Love Tale by Miss Fawn Lippincut ...Related source material

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