Dick Cavett

A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States,…

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

Meryl Streep belongs on anybody's list of greats.

— 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

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— 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

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

— 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

Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in…

— Dick Cavett

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

— 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

There are online forms you can fill out to send to your lawmakers, demanding that nothing - nothing at all or in…

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

Coming up through the ranks of any calling can be rough, but that battered soul who survives the early years of courting…

— Dick Cavett

The brain process that results in a joke materializing where no joke was before remains a mystery. I'm not aware of any…

— Dick Cavett

The authority of depression is horrifying. I felt like my brain was busted and that I could never feel good again. I…

— Dick Cavett

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

— Dick Cavett

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

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

— Dick Cavett