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.
DICK CAVETTUnpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there’s not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can even be a good thing. A pressure valve.
More Dick Cavett Quotes
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An effective speaker can do more damage or more good in a well-stated minute than an angry klutz could do in half an hour.
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Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.
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My IQ is somewhere between Spiro Agnew’s and Albert Einstein’s.
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I’ll be happy if I can just stay out of Nebraska.
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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. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.
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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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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 always wanted to live in a haunted house.
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I don’t feel old. I feel like a young man that has something wrong with him.
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I think I’d be pretty easy to write for.
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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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Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy’s show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen.
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Every comic can report a few ‘gift from the gods’ moments.
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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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Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn’t ailing.
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