Why anyone, by dying, should thereby be declared beyond criticism, innocent of wrongdoing, suddenly filled with virtue and above reproach escapes me.
DICK CAVETTMusic bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.
More Dick Cavett Quotes
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Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn’t ailing.
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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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I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples’ stories.
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I have a long list of things that make me mad.
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If your parents never had children, chances are neither will you.
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Coming up through the ranks of any calling can be rough, but that battered soul who survives the early years of courting the comic muse comes close to knowing what only the soldier knows: What combat is like.
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Sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought to sloppy legislation.
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William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.
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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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It takes a certain amount of guts to go to your class reunions.
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Every comic can report a few ‘gift from the gods’ moments.
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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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It’s a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn’t want to hear.
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Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry.
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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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