J. G. Hubbard Quotes

Play needs direction as well as work.

Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transforming you into that particular individual you so admire

In a state of nature, the weakest go to the wall; in a state of over-refinement, both the weak and the strong go to the gutter.

Man is Creation's masterpiece. But who says so?

Success is voltage under control-keeping one hand on the transformer of your Kosmic Kilowatts.

A person born with an instinct for poverty.

A good front is half the battle in love or war.

An executive is one who makes an immediate decision and is sometimes right

Our finest flowers are often weeds transplanted.

There is no freedom on earth or in any star for those who deny freedom to others.

I am not sure just what the unpardonable sin is, but I believe it is a disposition to evade the payment of small bills.

Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.

The inspirations of today are the shams of tomorrow the purpose has departed.

They always want to sell me as a hard bopper.

It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.

Knowin' all about baseball is just about as profitable as bein' a good whittler.

When you consider what a chance women have to poison their husbands, it's a wonder there isn't more of it done

Don't a fellow feel good after he gets out of a store where he nearly bought something.

Every father expects his boy to do the things he wouldn't do when he was young.

When a woman says, 'I don't wish to mention any names', it means it ain't necessary to mention any names.

The longer it takes you to select a cantaloupe, the worse it is!

Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They just can't buzz any slower.

Experience is a dear teacher but he delivers th' goods.

Washing your car and polishing it all up is a never failing sign of rain.

Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.

Politics makes strange post-masters.

We like little children, because they tear out as soon as they get what they want.

There's many a slip twixt the blueprints and a new house.

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

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

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

The rich man and his daughter are soon parted.

The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him.

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

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

We can tell that a good name is better than riches by those who prefer the riches.

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

There is no person alive who cannot make a new beginning.

All real difficulty stems from no responsibility. Full responsibility is not fault; it is recognition of being cause.

You can remember times when you were a kid, when life looked too doggoned deliciously beautiful to be left alone. So you could feel like that again if you worked at it.

There is nothing wrong with being the most important person under the sun if everybody else is just as important as you are.

Those fields which most depend upon authoritative opinion for their data least contain known natural law.

Like the bright, cool dawn after a night of prison and of thunder, Man can taste that freedom sought so long.

Morale is boosted to high highs by accomplishment. In fact, it can be demonstrated that production is the basis of morale.

People who tell you that control is bad are trying to tell you that automobile accidents and industrial accidents are good.

Learning locked in mildewed books is of little use to anyone and therefore of no value unless it can be used.

There are no conflicts which cannot be resolved unless the true promoters of them remain hidden.

You can blame your whole confusion on the fact that you bought illusion.

As long as children and young men and women find pleasure in study, they will continue studying throughout life - and upon that depends their happiness.

Oh yes as a matter of fact it's quite interesting that exercises can be conducted which demonstrate conclusively that there are memories which exist prior to this life.