Cullen Hightower

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

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

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

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

When performance exceeds ambition, the overlap is called success.

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

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.

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

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

The only way some of us exercise our minds is by jumping to conclusions.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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