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

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

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.

—Cullen Hightower

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.

—Jane Austen

Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.

—Michael Crichton

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

—William Wrigley Jr.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

—Benjamin Disraeli

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

—Walter Bagehot