Dick Cavett

I hate Danny Kaye movies.

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

It's no fun being a specimen.

— Dick Cavett

Great humorists are great insulters.

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

I always wanted to live in a haunted house.

— Dick Cavett

I find most 'sacred music' pretty dismal.

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

It was well after college that I learned about depression. I got my first job for Jack Paar. I realized I was…

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how…

— Dick Cavett

I had to fight the intellectual label when I started in television, because, first of all, it's not going to help you…

— Dick Cavett

If you have a relative who's lost interest in everything and doesn't get out of bed, who doesn't care for things they…

— Dick Cavett

All three of my parents - I also had a stepmother - were teachers, and my dad taught high school, and as…

— Dick Cavett

When I was a kid in Nebraska, a cantankerous farmer, known for plinking with his '22 at passing cars in which he…

— Dick Cavett

I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been…

— Dick Cavett

Statistically, I'd say comedy writers are perhaps the sanest category of show people. And why not? They make big money, and although…

— Dick Cavett

The very phrase 'Oscar night' used to accelerate my pulse. For one thing - dating myself - it meant Bob Hope. He…

— Dick Cavett

I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused…

— Dick Cavett

“The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the…

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

Meryl Streep belongs on anybody's list of greats.

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett