Malcolm Cullen Hightower, 1923 - 2008
Born: 17 December 1923, Neftel, Alabama
Died: 27 November 2008, Mary Esther, Florida
Hightower served in the army during WWII and then began a 30-year career in sales and sales training. Upon retiring to Florida, he began publishing the quips and advice he had been writing for himself most of his life. They appeared in a popular newspaper feature called Salty Sally and often in Forbes, Reader's Digest and other magazines and publications. He published collections of them in book form, "All-American Proverbs" and "Cullen's Wit Kit", and individual quips of his were published in over 50 other books.
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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. permalink
Cullen Hightower - A figment of the imagination is just a harmless illusion - unless you are victim of it. permalink
Cullen Hightower - 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. permalink
Cullen Hightower - A mind becomes a detriment when it acquires more intelligence than its integrity can handle. permalink
Cullen Hightower - A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. permalink
Cullen Hightower - Adolescence is the period of life when we first become obsessed with trying to prove we are not a child-an obsession that can last a lifetime. permalink
Cullen Hightower - Adolescence is the period of life when we first become obsessed with trying to prove we are not a child-an obsession that can last a lifetime. permalink
Cullen Hightower - After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket. permalink
Cullen Hightower - Courtship brings out the best. Marriage brings out the rest. permalink
Cullen Hightower - Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos. permalink
Cullen Hightower - Don't expect other nations to have a democracy like ours - they don't have enough lawyers. permalink
Cullen Hightower - Every adult should be an expert on teenagers, after spending life's seven longest years being one. permalink
Cullen Hightower - Every U.S. citizen owes allegiance to our nation. Some Americans consider that anything less than high treason is allegiance. permalink
Cullen Hightower - Failure can be bought on easy terms; success must be paid for in advance. permalink
Cullen Hightower - Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there. permalink
Cullen Hightower
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