Kin Hubbard Frases famosas
“O camarada que chama você de irmão quer algo que não pertence a ele.”
The feller that calls you "brother" generally wants something that don`t belong to him
citado em "Encore: a continuing anthology" - Página 19, de Smith, Dent - The Encore press., 1946
“Existem duas maneiras de lidar com uma mulher, e ninguém as conhece.”
There are two ways to handle a woman, and nobody knows either of them
citado em "Have you ever noticed?: the wit and irony of every day life", de Joe Moore - Press Pacifica, 1985, ISBN 0916630447, 9780916630447 - 91 páginas
“De vez em quando um homem inocente é escolhido para a legislatura.”
Now an' then an innocent man is sent t' th' legislature.
The best of Kin Hubbard: Abe Martin's sayings and wisecracks,Abe's neighbors, his almanack, comic drawings, de Kin Hubbard, editado por David S. Hawes, Indiana University Press, 1984, ISBN 0253106117, 9780253106117, 144 páginas
“Parece que nada consegue ir bem até que haja algumas renúncias.”
It seems that nothing ever gets to going good till there's a few resignations.
citado em "The World's Greatest Wacky One-Line Jokes" - página 94, de Bob Phillips - Harvest House Publishers, 2005, ISBN 0736914269, 9780736914260 - 124 páginas
Variante: Quando alguém lhe disser: Não é uma questão de dinheiro, mas de princípio, trata-se de uma questão de dinheiro.
Kin Hubbard frases e citações
Kin Hubbard: Frases em inglês
“Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They jest can't buzz any slower.”
As quoted in Reading I've Liked : A Personal Selection Drawn from Two Decades of Reading (1941) by Clifton Fadiman, p. 827.
Variants:
A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.
As quoted in The Modern Handbook of Humor (1967) by Ralph Louis Woods, p. 17
The bee isn't really that busy — it just can't buzz any slower.
As quoted in Peter's People (1979) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 29.
“Ther's still a few honest folks left but they never seem t' find anything you lose.”
Short Furrows http://books.google.com/books?id=CboVAAAAYAAJ&q=%22ther's+still+a+few+honest+folks+left+but+they+never+seem+t'%22 (1913).
“It's purty hard t' be efficient without bein' obnoxious.”
Short Furrows (1913)
Variants:
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
As quoted in The Book of Unusual Quotations (1957) by Rudolf Franz Flesch, p. 73
It's pretty hard t' be efficient without bein' obnoxious.
As quoted in The Quote Verifier : Who Said What, Where, and When (2006) by Ralph Keyes, p. 94.
“Now an' then an innocent man is sent t' th' legislature.”
Back Country Folks (1914)
As quoted in The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949) by Evan Esar, p. 105.
Variante: Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
“Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.”
As quoted in The Book of Unusual Quotations (1957) by Rudolf Franz Flesch, p. 8.
“When a fellow says, "It hain't the money, but th' principle o' the thing," it's th' money.”
Hoss Sense and Nonsense (1926).
As quoted in The American Treasury, 1455-1955 (1955) by Clifton Fadiman, p. 993.
Variante: When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money.
“Some people are so sensitive that they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them.”
New Sayings by Abe Martin and Velma's Vow: A gripping love tale by Miss Fawn Lippincut (1916).
“Th' only way t' entertain some folks is t' listen t' 'em.”
New Sayings by Abe Martin and Velma's Vow: A Gripping Love Tale by Miss Fawn Lippincut (1916).
“Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.”
As quoted in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists (2007) by James Geary, p. 39
Writing as his character, "th' Hon. Ex.-Editur Cale Fluhart." as quoted in The American Humorist : Conscience of the Twentieth Century (1964) by Norris W. Yeats, p. 107.
“Nobuddy ever listened t' reason on a empty stomach.”
From Abe Martin's "Short Furrows" http://books.google.com/books?id=uUUoAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Nobuddy+ever+listened+t+reason+on+a+empty+stomach%22&pg=RA3-PA16#v=onepage, The American Magazine, February 1913.
Abe Martin's Primer : The Collected Writings of Abe Martin and his Brown County, Indiana, Neighbors (1914).
Abe Martin's Primer : The Collected Writings of Abe Martin and his Brown County, Indiana, Neighbors (1914)
As quoted in Instant Quotation Dictionary (1969) by Donald O. Bolander, p. 23.
Variante: Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.
Elbert Hubbard, part of a larger comment quoted from Electrical Review without further attribution in The Search for the North Pole (1896) by Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, p. 520, this was later published as part of various works by Hubbard, including An American Bible (1918) edited by Alice Hubbard. Also once misattributed to Amelia J Calver in The Manifesto (January 1896) by the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (Shakers), misattribution to Kin Hubbard seems to be a relatively recent occurrence on the internet.
Misattributed
“Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.”
As quoted in The Book of Unusual Quotations (1957) by Rudolf Franz Flesch, p. 47.
“Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.”
As quoted in Peter's People (1979) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 28.
“We’d all like t’vote fer th’best man, but he’s never a candidate.”
The Best of Kin Hubbard (1984) Variant: We'd all like to vote for the best man but he's never a candidate.
“Some folks can look so busy doin' nothin' that they seem indispensable.”
As quoted in Saturday Review (18 March 1944), p. 19
Variante: Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.
Short Furrows http://books.google.com/books?id=DCQOAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Never+tell+the+box-office+man+that+you+can't+hear+well+or+he+will+sell+you+a+seat+where+you+can't+see+either%22&pg=PA10#v=onepage (1911).