Why are people afraid of ghosts? 'Ooh, no, I wouldn't want to see one! I'd be too scared' - accompanied by a… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
You can, after all, reduce the reasons for watching TV to but two: to be lulled, and to be stimulated. Some people… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I confess, I do have to remind myself almost daily that there are people on this earth capable of reading, writing, eating… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the people who handle it know what they are doing. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
If (O.J. Simpson) is acquitted, I will renounce my citizenship. And if I converse with him at a cocktail party, I will… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
The information superhighway? That sounds like a place that's long and boring and kills 50,000 people a year. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Why are sex and violence always linked? I'm afraid they'll blur together in people's minds - sexandviolence - until we can't tell… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I'm not all that enthralled by show business, and I'm not that much of a highbrow. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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,… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image