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Dick Cavett quotes: A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.

A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.

Dick Cavett quotes: Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn't ailing.

Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn't ailing.

Dick Cavett quotes: I'll be happy if I can just stay out of Nebraska.

I'll be happy if I can just stay out of Nebraska.

Dick Cavett quotes: Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a suspected column rat in the house.

Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a suspected column rat in the house.

Dick Cavett quotes: I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

Dick Cavett quotes: By the time I was in the fourth grade, I sounded exactly like my father on the phone.

By the time I was in the fourth grade, I sounded exactly like my father on the phone.

Dick Cavett quotes: The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word something or how they'd inflect it.

The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word something or how they'd inflect it.

Dick Cavett quotes: It takes a certain amount of guts to go to your class reunions.

It takes a certain amount of guts to go to your class reunions.

Dick Cavett quotes: Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.

Dick Cavett quotes: I'm not the guy with the enormous comedy nose or the big feet or the bad posture or the whatever; a physical comic has certain things.

I'm not the guy with the enormous comedy nose or the big feet or the bad posture or the whatever; a physical comic has certain things.

Dick Cavett quotes: I always wanted to live in a haunted house.

I always wanted to live in a haunted house.

Dick Cavett quotes: Great humorists are great insulters.

Great humorists are great insulters.

Dick Cavett quotes: To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

Dick Cavett quotes: I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic.

I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic.

Dick Cavett quotes: I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books.

I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books.

Dick Cavett quotes: I'm not all that enthralled by show business, and I'm not that much of a highbrow.

I'm not all that enthralled by show business, and I'm not that much of a highbrow.

Dick Cavett quotes: Every time I nostalgically try to regain my liking of John McCain, he reaches into his sleaze bag and pulls out something malodorous.

Every time I nostalgically try to regain my liking of John McCain, he reaches into his sleaze bag and pulls out something malodorous.

Dick Cavett quotes: In relative youth, we assume we'll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise.

In relative youth, we assume we'll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise.

Dick Cavett quotes: Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry.

Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry.

Dick Cavett quotes: It's a tribute to the human brain that anyone is able to function out there on television in a talk situation that is entirely artificial.

It's a tribute to the human brain that anyone is able to function out there on television in a talk situation that is entirely artificial.

Dick Cavett quotes: Sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought to sloppy legislation.

Sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought to sloppy legislation.

Dick Cavett quotes: If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

Dick Cavett quotes: I eat at this German-Chinese restaurant and the food is delicious. The only problem is that an hour later you're hungry for power.

I eat at this German-Chinese restaurant and the food is delicious. The only problem is that an hour later you're hungry for power.

Dick Cavett quotes: There should be three days a week when no one is allowed to say: 'What's your sign?' Violators would have their copies of Kahlil Gibran confiscated.

There should be three days a week when no one is allowed to say: 'What's your sign?' Violators would have their copies of Kahlil Gibran confiscated.

Dick Cavett quotes: You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.

You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.

Dick Cavett quotes: Anything seen on TV is, in a subtle and sinister sense, thereby endorsed.

Anything seen on TV is, in a subtle and sinister sense, thereby endorsed.

Dick Cavett quotes: Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.

Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.

Dick Cavett quotes: The emotions in all true anxiety dreams are next to unbearable.

The emotions in all true anxiety dreams are next to unbearable.

Dick Cavett quotes: When I'm doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: 'Tell about the guy who died on your show!'

When I'm doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: 'Tell about the guy who died on your show!'

Dick Cavett quotes: Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with images.

Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with images.

Dick Cavett quotes: It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

Dick Cavett quotes: Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

Dick Cavett quotes: I feel like I've been watching Irwin Corey forever. I saw him in the 1950s, and I thought he was old then.

I feel like I've been watching Irwin Corey forever. I saw him in the 1950s, and I thought he was old then.

Dick Cavett quotes: Lawyers work hard and, like us, they're human, many of them.

Lawyers work hard and, like us, they're human, many of them.

Dick Cavett quotes: History is not reassuring on the subject of the longevity of seemingly lasting great nations, is it?

History is not reassuring on the subject of the longevity of seemingly lasting great nations, is it?

Dick Cavett quotes: Every comic can report a few 'gift from the gods' moments.

Every comic can report a few 'gift from the gods' moments.

Dick Cavett quotes: I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.

I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.

Dick Cavett quotes: I haven't ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.

I haven't ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.

Dick Cavett quotes: Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.

Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.

Dick Cavett quotes: Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

Dick Cavett quotes: Meryl Streep belongs on anybody's list of greats.

Meryl Streep belongs on anybody's list of greats.

Dick Cavett quotes: Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.

Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.

Dick Cavett quotes: Just think of all the billions of coincidences that don't happen.

Just think of all the billions of coincidences that don't happen.

Dick Cavett quotes: I hate Danny Kaye movies.

I hate Danny Kaye movies.

Dick Cavett quotes: Does anything show the complexity of the miraculous brain more than that weird curiosity, the sleep-protection dream?

Does anything show the complexity of the miraculous brain more than that weird curiosity, the sleep-protection dream?

Dick Cavett quotes: I'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.

I'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.

Dick Cavett quotes: The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and says, 'You saved my dad's life.'

The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and says, 'You saved my dad's life.'

Dick Cavett quotes: I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.

I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.

Dick Cavett quotes: William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.

William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.

Dick Cavett quotes: The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.

The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.

Dick Cavett quotes: Every time someone says, 'You know, we really ought to get together,' if I were really honest, I would ask 'Why?'

Every time someone says, 'You know, we really ought to get together,' if I were really honest, I would ask 'Why?'

Dick Cavett quotes: Why anyone, by dying, should thereby be declared beyond criticism, innocent of wrongdoing, suddenly filled with virtue and above reproach escapes me.

Why anyone, by dying, should thereby be declared beyond criticism, innocent of wrongdoing, suddenly filled with virtue and above reproach escapes me.

Dick Cavett quotes: My IQ is somewhere between Spiro Agnew's and Albert Einstein's.

My IQ is somewhere between Spiro Agnew's and Albert Einstein's.

Dick Cavett quotes: I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of the Hindenburg.

I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of the Hindenburg.

Dick Cavett quotes: I don't feel old. I feel like a young man that has something wrong with him.

I don't feel old. I feel like a young man that has something wrong with him.

Dick Cavett quotes: It's lamented that the youth get their news from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. It's lamentable that they get more from them than from the news.

It's lamented that the youth get their news from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. It's lamentable that they get more from them than from the news.

Dick Cavett quotes: The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex.

The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex.

Dick Cavett quotes: An effective speaker can do more damage or more good in a well-stated minute than an angry klutz could do in half an hour.

An effective speaker can do more damage or more good in a well-stated minute than an angry klutz could do in half an hour.

Dick Cavett quotes: I know what it feels like to be a gun lover.

I know what it feels like to be a gun lover.

Dick Cavett quotes: A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see.

A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see.

Dick Cavett quotes: There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

Dick Cavett quotes: To call New York's traffic at holiday time a nightmare is to understate.

To call New York's traffic at holiday time a nightmare is to understate.

Dick Cavett quotes: Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.

Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.

Dick Cavett quotes: As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

Dick Cavett quotes: In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.

In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.

Dick Cavett quotes: Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training.

Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training.

Dick Cavett quotes: It's no fun being a specimen.

It's no fun being a specimen.

Dick Cavett quotes: I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.

I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.

Dick Cavett quotes: Perhaps the saddest irony of depression is that suicide happens when the patient gets a little better and can again function sufficiently.

Perhaps the saddest irony of depression is that suicide happens when the patient gets a little better and can again function sufficiently.

Dick Cavett quotes: Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

Dick Cavett quotes: The information superhighway? That sounds like a place that's long and boring and kills 50,000 people a year.

The information superhighway? That sounds like a place that's long and boring and kills 50,000 people a year.

Dick Cavett quotes: I felt bad when George Bush was booed. But only briefly. My sympathy for that man has a half-life of about four seconds.

I felt bad when George Bush was booed. But only briefly. My sympathy for that man has a half-life of about four seconds.

Dick Cavett quotes: My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.

My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.

Dick Cavett quotes: I get a kick out of people saying I was funny.

I get a kick out of people saying I was funny.

Dick Cavett quotes: I live a sensible life. You know, I don't take on too much.

I live a sensible life. You know, I don't take on too much.

Dick Cavett quotes: I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.

I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.

Dick Cavett quotes: I have a long list of things that make me mad.

I have a long list of things that make me mad.

Dick Cavett quotes: It's not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.

It's not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.

Dick Cavett quotes: I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.

I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.

Dick Cavett quotes: I've actually gotten so I don't associate television with entertainment very much.

I've actually gotten so I don't associate television with entertainment very much.

Dick Cavett quotes: The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show ... Cops would come by - often just in time to see the act they wanted to see.

The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show ... Cops would come by - often just in time to see the act they wanted to see.