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> [Coming up through the ranks of any calling can be rough, but that battered soul who survives the early years of courting the comic muse comes close to knowing what only the soldier knows: What combat is like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/coming-up-through-the-ranks-of-any-calling-can-be-rough-but-that/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

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## More by Dick Cavett

> [A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/a-conversation-does-not-have-to-be-scintillating-in-order-to-be/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

> [I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/i-don-t-see-the-future-as-bright-language-wise-i-see-it-as-a-glass/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

> [I'm not all that enthralled by show business, and I'm not that much of a highbrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/i-m-not-all-that-enthralled-by-show-business-and-i-m-not-that-much-of/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

> [I know what it feels like to be a gun lover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-be-a-gun-lover/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

> [Meryl Streep belongs on anybody's list of greats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/meryl-streep-belongs-on-anybody-s-list-of-greats/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

> [Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/radio-which-was-a-much-better-medium-than-television-will-ever-be-was/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

> [I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/i-guess-the-best-advice-i-ever-got-or-anyone-could-get-for-doing-a/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

> [William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/william-f-buckley-was-a-man-who-had-a-great-capacity-for-fun-and-for/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

> [Just think of all the billions of coincidences that don't happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/just-think-of-all-the-billions-of-coincidences-that-don-t-happen/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/i-eat-at-this-german-chinese-restaurant-and-the-food-is-delicious-the/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

> [I have a long list of things that make me mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/i-have-a-long-list-of-things-that-make-me-mad/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 bullet maker,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/the-idea-that-hunting-is-one-against-one-is-ludicrous-it-s-one-animal/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

> [Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in journalism does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/chris-matthews-can-t-start-any-sentence-without-let-me-ask-you-this/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

> [You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/you-would-have-to-be-naive-to-think-you-can-appear-on-television-and/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 a block.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/i-m-not-sure-why-writing-for-others-became-harder-probably-a/)

[Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/)

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