Great humorists are great insulters.
DICK CAVETTA 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.
More Dick Cavett Quotes
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The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex.
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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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Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.
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It’s not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.
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You have to be on TV a surprisingly long time before you’re stopped on the street. Then, when you are, you get a lot of, ‘Hey, you’re great! What’s your name again?’
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Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.
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The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.
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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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Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.
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I think I’d be pretty easy to write for.
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As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.
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Every so often, there is an article saying the old kind of talk show isn’t possible now. In the oldest kind of talk show, you only had the choice of that or two other channels!
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It was well after college that I learned about depression. I got my first job for Jack Paar. I realized I was sleeping 14 hours a day and just living for the Paar show.
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The emotions in all true anxiety dreams are next to unbearable.
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There should be three days a week when no one is allowed to say: ‘What’s your sign?’ Violators would have their copies of Kahlil Gibran confiscated.
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