Author: Frank ‘Kin’ Hubbard
Distant relatives are the best kind, and the further the better.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
All the world loves a good loser.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Beauty is only skin deep, but it is a valuable asset if you are poor or have not any sense.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
I’ll bet the hardest thing about prize fightin’ is pickin’ up yer teeth with a boxin’ glove on.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
The feller that calls you "Brother" generally wants something that don't belong to him.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
It ain't no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
If [the weather] didn’t change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn’t start a conversation.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Everything comes to him who waits… except a loaned book.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Where ignorance is bliss, it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist