Cullen Hightower (1923 – November 27, 2008) was a well-known quotation and quip writer from the United States. He is often associated with the American conservative political movement.
We sometimes get all the information, but we refuse to get the message.
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.
When we put our best foot forward, the other one had better be good enough to stand on.
Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.
Our freedom to discipline ourselves is a freedom we can lose if we don't use it.
Every adult should be an expert on teenagers, after spending life's seven longest years being one.
There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.
People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.
Older generations are living proof that younger generations can survive their lunacy.
Only the poor can know all the disadvantages of poverty. Only the rich can know all the disadvantages of wealth.
After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.
Getting even with somebody is no way to get ahead of anybody.
Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.
Of all creatures on earth, we humans have the highest level of stupidity.
Why is the press America's showcase for freedom? Because just about everything else has been regulated.
A figment of the imagination is just a harmless illusion - unless you are victim of it.
Faith is building on what you know is here so that you can reach what you know is there.