Cullen Hightower Quotes


"We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic."
- Cullen Hightower
(Related: Experience, Moments, Worry)

"There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else."
- Cullen Hightower
"There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists."
- Cullen Hightower
(Related: People, Talk)

"The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success."
- Cullen Hightower
(Related: Success, Benefits, Measure, Worth)

"People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done."
- Cullen Hightower
(Related: People, Famous)

"Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues."
- Cullen Hightower
(Related: Being, Thinking, Worry)

"Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it."
- Cullen Hightower
(Related: Congress, Talk)

"Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know."
- Cullen Hightower
(Related: Conversation, Saying)

"Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there."
- Cullen Hightower
(Related: Faith, Building)

"A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success."
- Cullen Hightower
(Related: Success, Benefits, Measure, Worth)

"A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it."
- Cullen Hightower
"The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them."
- Cullen Hightower
(Related: Congress, Mistakes, Trying)

"Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose."
- Cullen Hightower
(Related: Argument, Being, Praise)