I get a kick out of people saying I was funny.
DICK CAVETTYou can, after all, reduce the reasons for watching TV to but two: to be lulled, and to be stimulated. Some people do one sometimes, the other sometimes. Some people do all of one or all of the other.
More Dick Cavett Quotes
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Lawyers work hard and, like us, they’re human, many of them.
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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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History is not reassuring on the subject of the longevity of seemingly lasting great nations, is it?
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As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.
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Meryl Streep belongs on anybody’s list of greats.
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Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training.
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Sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought to sloppy legislation.
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The emotions in all true anxiety dreams are next to unbearable.
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I am always shocked that there are still a handful of defenders of the dubious practice of abstinence, surely the worst idea since chocolate-covered ants.
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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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I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn’t include someone the size of the Hindenburg.
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If your parents never had children, chances are neither will you.
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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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The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex.
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I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.
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