Kin Hubbard Quotes - Page 6

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• The rich man and his daughter are soon parted.

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  Daughter, Women, Rich

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

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  Vegetables, Way, Sound

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• Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday?

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  Monday, Sunday, Remember

  Kin Hubbard (1923). “Comments of Abe Martin and His Neighbors: And Several More Or Less Helpful Essays Bearing Directly on a Variety of Important Matters”

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• It don't make no difference what is is, a woman'll buy anything she thinks a store is losin' money on.

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  Sex, Thinking, Differences

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

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  Might, Poverty, Poor

  "Short Furrows" (1911)

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• About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the stork.

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  People, Favors, Birth

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• Most parents don't worry about a daughter until she fails to show up for breakfast.

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  Daughter, Worry, Parent

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• Politics makes strange post-masters.

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  Political, Politics, Strange

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• Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.

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  Literature, Habit, Caught

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

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  Advice, Cold, Annoying

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• It seems that nothing ever gets to going good till there's a few resignations

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  Resignation, Seems

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• A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.

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  Work, Buzz, Bees

  "The Modern Handbook of Humor". Book by Ralph Louis Woods, 1967.

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• All the world loves a good loser.

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  Love, World, Losing

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

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  Jobs, Men, Self

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

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  Inspirational, Positive, Optimism

  "Peter's People and Their Marvelous Ideas". Book by Dr. Laurence J. Peter, 1979.

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• There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.

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  Boys, Aggravation, Literature

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• In spite of all our speeding it's still the style to be late.

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  Style, Society, Late

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• Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk.

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  Sweet, Gossip, Risk

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• Gittin' talked about is one o' th' penalties for bein' purty, while bein' above suspicion is about th' only compensation fer bein' homely.

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  Appearance, Being Pretty, Penalties

  "Abe Martin's Primer: The Collected Writings of Abe Martin and his Brown County, Indiana, Neighbors". Book by Kin Hubbard, 1914.

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

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  Drinking, Food, Alcohol

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

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  Jingles, Prosperity, Suspicion

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• It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.

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  Games, Police, Today

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

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  Work, Destiny, Talking

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• Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.

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  Literature, Guests, Uninvited Guests

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• If there's any literary ability in a feller, getting fired out of a good government job will bring it out.

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  Art, Jobs, Government

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