J. G. Hubbard Quotes

Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.

Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.

Tragedy and comedy are simply questions of value; a little misfit in life makes us laugh; a great one is tragedy and cause for expression of grief.

There are three sides to every question-where a divorce is involved.

Talent does things tolerably well; genius does then intolerably better

Art is nothing; it's a way.

Freedom is the supreme good; freedom from self imposed limitation.

Action is thought tempered by illusion.

The finest flowers are those transplanted, for transplanting means difficulty, a readjusting to new conditions, and through the effort put forth to find adjustment does the plant progress.

Insomnia never comes to a man who has to get up exactly at six o'clock. Insomnia troubles only those who can sleep any time.

The home is a tryst-the place where we retire and shut the world out.

The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible.

You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. You can lead a boy to college but you cannot make him think.

Habit is a form of exercise.

Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion

One great, strong, unselfish soul in every community would actually redeem the world.

Blessed is the man who has found someone to do his work.

There is a joy in going without things, a fine tang in eliminating the superfluous.

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares

It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.

Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power.

A creed is an ossified metaphor.

It is only life and love that give love and life.

Don't lose faith in humanity; think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.

Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters.

Public opinion is the judgment of the incapable many opposed to that of the discerning few.

Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.

I don't think much of a dance step where the girl looks like she was being carried out of a burning building.

A very few musicians passed across all decades. In terms of trumpet playing, Louis Armstrong does it of course but Sweets [Edison] is right up there too. He is unique, in every sense of the term.

Dizzy used to tell me I'm playing too hard. He'd say to not give everything. Miles told me that too.

Never tell the box-office man that you can't hear well or he will sell you a seat where you can't see either.

My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands.

There is plenty of peace in any home where the family doesn't make the mistake of trying to get together.

University: ... a place where rich men send their sons who have no aptitude for business.

The hardest thing is writing a recommendation for someone we know.

Ther's still a few honest folks left but they never seem t' find anything you lose.

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

You won't skid if you stay in a rut.

The only time some fellows are seen with their wives is after they're indicted.

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

Think your own way through things, accept what is true for you, discard the rest.

The first step of handling anything is gaining the ability to face it.

It is not man's dreams that fail him. It is the lack of know-how required to bring those dreams into actuality.

One of the ways you learn about life is to associate with people.

True competence is based on one’s own ability to observe.

There's only one remedy for crime — get rid of the psychs! They are causing it!

Teach where data can be found or how it can be derived, not the recording of data.

The differences between a competent person and an incompetent person are demonstrated in his environment (surroundings).

Security is not a static thing. Security would only lie in a man's confidence in reaching his goals and, indeed, in his having goals to reach.

An individual is as alive as he has ideas. He's as aware as he has ideas.