History is not reassuring on the subject of the longevity of seemingly lasting great nations, is it?
DICK CAVETTThe mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex.
More Dick Cavett Quotes
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It’s not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.
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I get a kick out of people saying I was funny.
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It’s no fun being a specimen.
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Anything seen on TV is, in a subtle and sinister sense, thereby endorsed.
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A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his second sentence to me was about knees.
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If I were running a campaign, I’d urge taking the mountain of money reportedly squandered on pizza, coffee and bagels and spending it more wisely – on a talented young comedy writer.
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The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show… Cops would come by – often just in time to see the act they wanted to see.
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Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.
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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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There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale pool that you could swim 50 yards or be inducted into swimming class.
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Chris Matthews can’t start any sentence without ‘Let me ask you this… ‘ And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in journalism does it. Who’s stopping you? Just say it!
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Every time someone says, ‘You know, we really ought to get together,’ if I were really honest, I would ask ‘Why?’
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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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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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I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.
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