Its fun for me to go on other folks talk shows. When youve endured the ups and downs and tensions and pitfalls of hosting, being a guest is a piece of angel food.
Dick CavettAn effective speaker can do more damage or more good in a well-stated minute than an angry klutz could do in half an hour.
Dick CavettEvery time someone says, 'You know, we really ought to get together,' if I were really honest, I would ask 'Why?'
Dick CavettIt's a tribute to the human brain that anyone is able to function out there on television in a talk situation that is entirely artificial.
Dick CavettAnyone working in the media can tell you that there seems to be an always-ready-to-explode segment of the populace for whom offense is a fate worse than anything imaginable. You'd think offense is one of the most calamitous things that could happen to a human being; right up there with the loss of a limb, or just missing a parking space.
Dick Cavett