Author: Frank ‘Kin’ Hubbard Page 3
Distant relatives are the best kind, and the further the better.
(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
A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
The world gets better every day – then worse again in the evening.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
The hardest thing to stop is a temporary chairman.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee later than others.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Perfume: Any smell that is used to drown a worse one.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
If you haven’t seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven’t seen her smile her prettiest.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
The worst waste of breath, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought.
(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
Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
It ain't no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Everything comes to him who waits… except a loaned book.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
After a fellow gets famous it doesn’t take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist