As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.
DICK CAVETTA biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.
More Dick Cavett Quotes
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Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.
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To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.
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I always wanted to live in a haunted house.
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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.
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Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.
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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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My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.
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Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry.
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I’m not all that enthralled by show business, and I’m not that much of a highbrow.
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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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I’m not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn’t really bother me.
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There’s so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?
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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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You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.
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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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