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
My IQ is somewhere between Spiro Agnew's and Albert Einstein's.
news youth
It's lamented that the youth get their news from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. It's lamentable that they get more from them than from the news.
book kids people
While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people, they finally dropped it from judo.
fate loss thinking
Anyone 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.
wise glasses half-empty
I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.
long mad lists
I have a long list of things that make me mad.
chinese problem hungry
I eat at this German-Chinese restaurant and the food is delicious. The only problem is that an hour later you're hungry for power.
lists
Meryl Streep belongs on anybodys list of greats.
gun trying president
Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.
fun angel pieces
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.
men tough weeping
A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see.
mean successful comedian
Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians . And those are always an elite, microscopic portion of the population . But oh, how they try.
reading pressure good-things
Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there's not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can even be a good thing. A pressure valve.
fun men amusing
William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.