Cullen Hightower

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"The human body was designed to walk, run or stop; it wasn't built for coasting."

Cullen Hightower

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

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

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"The gratification of a thoughtless pleasure soon evaporates; the pleasure of a gratifying thought never ends."

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

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

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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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"The wheel was invented so we could move faster. Credit was invented so we would have to."

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"Failure can be bought on easy terms; success must be paid for in advance."

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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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"Every adult should be an expert on teenagers, after spending life's seven longest years being one."

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"After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket."

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"It's hard to see a halo when you're looking for horns."

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

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

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"Strangers are what friends are made of."

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

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"The American way is the way most law-abiding Americans live - in debt. Does this make a balanced budget un-American?"

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

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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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"Don't expect other nations to have a democracy like ours - they don't have enough lawyers."

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"Older generations are living proof that younger generations can survive their lunacy."

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"A figment of the imagination is just a harmless illusion -- unless you are victim of it."

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"Money can be fickle, having a lasting relationship with a few and a brief fling with others, while just flirting with the rest of us."

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