Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett
Richard Alva "Dick" Cavettis an American television personality and former talk show host notable for his conversational style and in-depth discussions. Cavett appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth19 November 1936
CityGibbon, NE
CountryUnited States of America
half damage hours
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.
years people long
The information superhighway? That sounds like a place that's long and boring and kills 50,000 people a year.
dying criticism virtue
Why anyone, by dying, should thereby be declared beyond criticism, innocent of wrongdoing, suddenly filled with virtue and above reproach escapes me.
animal winning hunting
The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the bullet maker, the designer and manufacturer of the telescopic sight, the auto manufacturer who made the car the hunter got to the edge of the wild in, the maker of his waterproof shoes, the various manufacturers of his mittens, glasses, overcoat - and that's only the beginning of the list. The "sportsman" who shoots an animal should then make a speech, like the actor who wins an Oscar does, thanking the multitudes behind the scenes who made this "victory" possible.
lists
Meryl Streep belongs on anybodys list of greats.
people kicks
I get a kick out of people saying I was funny.
stories and-love coincidence
I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.
giving support needs
Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.
astrology three week
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.
thinking statistics coincidence
Just think of all the billions of coincidences that don't happen.
party thinking people
If (O.J. Simpson) is acquitted, I will renounce my citizenship. And if I converse with him at a cocktail party, I will say, 'Well, there are so many people here who haven't murdered anyone. I think I'll go talk to them.' I'll also riot.
block writing giving
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.
writing people able
The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word something or how they'd inflect it.
eye administration nasty
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.