--- title: "18 You Quotes By Dick Cavett" description: "18 You quotes by Dick Cavett. Plus more from Dick Cavett and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/dick-cavett-3310_ask_every-time-someone-says-you-know-we-real_846469.jpg" --- > [Every time someone says, 'You know, we really ought to get together,' if I were really honest, I would ask 'Why?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/every-time-someone-says-you-know-we-really-ought-to-get-together-if-i/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/dick-cavett-3310_ask_every-time-someone-says-you-know-we-real_846469.jpg) > [A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/a-biggest-mistake-i-made-when-i-started-doing-a-talk-show-was-i/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/dick-cavett-3310_biggest_a-biggest-mistake-i-made-when-i-started_1612855.jpg) > [I live a sensible life. You know, I don't take on too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/i-live-a-sensible-life-you-know-i-don-t-take-on-too-much/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/dick-cavett-3310_know_i-live-a-sensible-life-you-know-i-don-t_2200004.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/dick-cavett-3310_appear_you-would-have-to-be-naive-to-think-you_332237.jpg) > [It's fun for me to go on other folks' talk shows. When you've endured the ups and downs and tensions and pitfalls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/it-s-fun-for-me-to-go-on-other-folks-talk-shows-when-you-ve-endured/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/dick-cavett-3310_angel_it-s-fun-for-me-to-go-on-other-folks-tal_3227460.jpg) > [There are online forms you can fill out to send to your lawmakers, demanding that nothing - nothing at all or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/there-are-online-forms-you-can-fill-out-to-send-to-your-lawmakers/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/dick-cavett-3310_about_there-are-online-forms-you-can-fill-out_431056.jpg) > [The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/the-greatest-benefit-of-depression-is-the-fact-that-when-i-have/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/dick-cavett-3310_about_the-greatest-benefit-of-depression-is-th_3026733.jpg) > [Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/dick-cavett-3310_almost_chris-matthews-can-t-start-any-sentence_324256.jpg) > [You have to be on TV a surprisingly long time before you're stopped on the street. Then, when you are, you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/you-have-to-be-on-tv-a-surprisingly-long-time-before-you-re-stopped/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/dick-cavett-3310_again_you-have-to-be-on-tv-a-surprisingly-long_2859139.jpg) > [There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/there-were-several-things-a-yale-freshman-was-supposed-to-be-able-to/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/dick-cavett-3310_able_there-were-several-things-a-yale-freshma_2077150.jpg) > [Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/comedians-are-sometimes-resentful-of-their-writers-probably-because/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/dick-cavett-3310_admit_comedians-are-sometimes-resentful-of-the_3142883.jpg) > [Every so often, there is an article saying the old kind of talk show isn't possible now. In the oldest kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/every-so-often-there-is-an-article-saying-the-old-kind-of-talk-show/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/dick-cavett-3310_article_every-so-often-there-is-an-article-sayin_1793469.jpg) > [Being the offspring of English teachers is a mixed blessing. When the film star says to you, on the air, 'It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/being-the-offspring-of-english-teachers-is-a-mixed-blessing-when-the/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/dick-cavett-3310_actor_being-the-offspring-of-english-teachers_3016347.jpg) > [Anyone working in the media can tell you that there seems to be an always-ready-to-explode segment of the populace for whom offense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/anyone-working-in-the-media-can-tell-you-that-there-seems-to-be-an/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/dick-cavett-3310_anyone_anyone-working-in-the-media-can-tell-you_1423845.jpg) > [I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/322/dick-cavett-3310_advice_i-guess-the-best-advice-i-ever-got-or-an_104216.jpg) > [Statistically, I'd say comedy writers are perhaps the sanest category of show people. And why not? They make big money, and although…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/statistically-i-d-say-comedy-writers-are-perhaps-the-sanest-category/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/dick-cavett-3310_although_statistically-i-d-say-comedy-writers-are_2181326.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/if-you-have-a-relative-who-s-lost-interest-in-everything-and-doesn-t/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/dick-cavett-3310_any_if-you-have-a-relative-who-s-lost-intere_2062609.jpg) > [I had to fight the intellectual label when I started in television, because, first of all, it's not going to help you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/i-had-to-fight-the-intellectual-label-when-i-started-in-television/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/dick-cavett-3310_also_i-had-to-fight-the-intellectual-label-wh_2980621.jpg) ## Other authors on You ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/dick-cavett/#itemlist", "name": "18 You Quotes By Dick Cavett", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every time someone says, 'You know, we really ought to get together,' if I were really honest, I would ask 'Why?'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Cavett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/every-time-someone-says-you-know-we-really-ought-to-get-together-if-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/dick-cavett-3310_ask_every-time-someone-says-you-know-we-real_846469.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/dick-cavett-3310_ask_every-time-someone-says-you-know-we-real_846469.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/dick-cavett-3310_ask_every-time-someone-says-you-know-we-real_846469.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every time someone says, 'You know, we really ought to get together,' if I were really honest, I would ask…” — Dick Cavett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Cavett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/a-biggest-mistake-i-made-when-i-started-doing-a-talk-show-was-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/dick-cavett-3310_biggest_a-biggest-mistake-i-made-when-i-started_1612855.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/dick-cavett-3310_biggest_a-biggest-mistake-i-made-when-i-started_1612855.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/dick-cavett-3310_biggest_a-biggest-mistake-i-made-when-i-started_1612855.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.” — Dick Cavett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I live a sensible life. 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