Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.

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

—Cullen Hightower

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

—Cullen Hightower

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

—Cullen Hightower

Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.

—Cullen Hightower

Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.

—Cullen Hightower

In order to be embarrassed, a person has to care about the opinions of others first.

—Colleen Hoover in Confess

Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.

—Charles McCabe

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

—Unknown

Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

—Walter Pater

There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are badly argued.

—Virginia Woolf