Kin Hubbard Quotes and Quotations
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious. The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk. The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store. Some folks can look so busy doing nothin' that they seem indispensable. I haven't heard of anybody who wants to stop living on account of the cost. An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed. The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening. Some fellows pay a compliment like they expected a receipt. Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought. I don't know of anything better than a woman if you want to spend money where it will show. It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. Nobody ever forgets where he buried a hatchet. The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more. Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count. Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty and wealth have both failed.
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