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Kin Hubbard [1868-1930] American

Rank: 101
Journalist, Cartoonist

Frank McKinney Hubbard was an American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist better known by his pen name "Kin" Hubbard.
He was creator of the cartoon Abe Martin of Brown County which ran in U.S. newspapers from 1904 until his death in 1930, and was the originator of many political quips that remain in use.

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Quote	Tags	Rank
The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.		101
A loafer always has the correct time.	Time	102
If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us.	Good	103
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.		104
Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.	Change, Nature	105
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.	Music	106
We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.	Best, Politics	107
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.	Failure	108
No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.	Pet	109
Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.		110
If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest.	Smile	111
A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.	Nature	112
It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.		113
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.	Peace, War	114
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.	Government	115
A good listener is usually thinking about something else.		116
The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.	Money	117
Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.	Home	118
Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.		119
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.	Men	120
Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.		121
All the world loves a good loser.	Failure	122
It's the good loser who finally loses out.		123
Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.		124
An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.		125
Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.		126
Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.	Home	201
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.		202
No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.	Alone	203
The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.	Home	204
There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?		205
Nobody ever grew despondent looking for trouble.		206
It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.	Happiness	207
Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.	Christmas	208
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.	Men	209
There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them.		210
A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.	Thanksgiving	211
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.		212
The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.		213
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.	Patience	214
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.		215
The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.		216
Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.		217
Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.		218
Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.		219
Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.		220
If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation.		221
Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.		222
It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.		223
Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.		224
A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.		225
Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.		226
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.		301
Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause.		302
The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.		303
Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.		304
There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.		305
I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.		306
It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.		307
When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money.		308
Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.		309
It isn't enough for you to love money - it's also necessary that money should love you.		310
The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening.		311
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.		312
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.	Business	313
After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.		314

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