Jim Hightower Famous Quotes
"Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one."
The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.
"Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy."
Jim Hightower Quotations
The strong and virtuous admit no destiny.
Edward George Earle Lytton BulwerLytton
Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
E Joseph Crossman
"Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character."
Henry Clay
"So it is with minds. Unless you keep them busy with some definite subject that will bridle and control them, they throw themselves in disorder hither and yon in the vague field of imagination. ..And there is no mad or idle fancy that they do no bring forth in the agitation."
Michel de Montaigne
"In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be."
Hubert Humphrey
Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
Jane Austen
"When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money."
Kim Hubbard
"The fact that people have religious experiences is interesting from the psychological point of view, but it does not in any way imply that there is such a thing as religious knowledge...Unless he can formulate this 'knowledge' in propositions that are empirically verifiable, we may be sure that he is deceiving himself."
Alfred Jules Ayer
I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.
Truman Capote
"Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself."
Robert F Bennett