Quotes from Cullen Hightower

There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.

Money can be fickle, having a lasting relationship with a few and a brief fling with others, while just flirting with the rest of us.

We all like to see everybody make a profit... a very little.

A good education prepares a child to be a good employee and a good citizen-in that order, with the importance of the former never exceeding the importance of the latter.

When we put our best foot forward, the other one had better be good enough to stand on.

The human body was designed to walk, run or stop; it wasn't built for coasting.

After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.

A figment of the imagination is just a harmless illusion - unless you are victim of it.

When performance exceeds ambition, the overlap is called success.

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.

The prime of life is that fleeting time between green and over-ripe.

Faith is building on what you know is here so that you can reach what you know is there.

Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know.

Failure can be bought on easy terms; success must be paid for in advance

Every adult should be an expert on teenagers, after spending life's seven longest years being one.

A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.

A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.