Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it’s hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what you are.
DICK CAVETTThe information superhighway? That sounds like a place that’s long and boring and kills 50,000 people a year.
More Dick Cavett Quotes
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I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples’ stories.
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In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.
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Every time I nostalgically try to regain my liking of John McCain, he reaches into his sleaze bag and pulls out something malodorous.
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Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.
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When I’m doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: ‘Tell about the guy who died on your show!’
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I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn’t include someone the size of the Hindenburg.
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It’s a tribute to the human brain that anyone is able to function out there on television in a talk situation that is entirely artificial.
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The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex.
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I don’t see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty – and evaporating quickly.
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There is something about a Luger that separates it from all other handguns, and Luger devotees and Luger society members speak of it in romantic terms that must sound plain nuts to those who consider themselves level-headed.
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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.
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Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry.
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Just think of all the billions of coincidences that don’t happen.
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I live a sensible life. You know, I don’t take on too much.
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The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.
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