Quotes from Cullen Hightower

The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.

Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.

A day's pay for a day's work is more than adequate when both the work and the pay are appreciated as much as they are expected.

Getting even with somebody is no way to get ahead of anybody.

In our nation there are two classes of nobility: the law-abiding workers and the law-abiding employers who sustain each other.

If television encouraged us to work as much as it encourages us to do everything else, we could better afford to buy more of everything it advertises.

Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.

Courtship brings out the best. Marriage brings out the rest.

Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it

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

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

Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.

Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our own.

Talk is cheap — except when Congress does it.

The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.

Our ego is our silent partner--too often with a controlling interest.

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

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

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