Cullen Hightower Quotes
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Don't expect other nations to have a democracy like ours - they don't have enough lawyers.
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Strangers are what friends are made of.
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A figment of the imagination is just a harmless illusion - unless you are victim of it.
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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.
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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.
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Our laws can be friendly to those who obey them, and too often useful to those who don't.
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Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.
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Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
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A mind becomes a detriment when it acquires more intelligence than its integrity can handle.
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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.
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Money was invented so we could know exactly how much we owe.
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Getting even with somebody is no way to get ahead of anybody.
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There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.
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Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.
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Failure can be bought on easy terms; success must be paid for in advance
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Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.
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The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.
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Only the poor can know all the disadvantages of poverty. Only the rich can know all the disadvantages of wealth.
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When performance exceeds ambition, the overlap is called success.
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We all like to see everybody make a profit... a very little.
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Older generations are living proof that younger generations can survive their lunacy.
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Of all creatures on earth, we humans have the highest level of stupidity.
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People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.
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It's hard to see a halo when you're looking for horns.
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Every adult should be an expert on teenagers, after spending life's seven longest years being one.
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The human body was designed to walk, run or stop; it wasn't built for coasting.
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The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our own.
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In our nation there are two classes of nobility: the law-abiding workers and the law-abiding employers who sustain each other.
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When we put our best foot forward, the other one had better be good enough to stand on.
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We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.
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