Top 120 Quotes by Dick Cavett

About Dick Cavett

These are some quotes by American author Dick Cavett Entertainer, who was born on November 19, 1936.

Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.

Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.

Dick Cavett

The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and says, 'You saved my dad's life.'

The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and says, 'You saved my dad's life.'

Dick Cavett

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.

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.

Dick Cavett

I had to fight the intellectual label when I started in television, because, first of all, it's not going to help you commercially, and also, it wasn't particularly true of me. I mean, if anybody thought I was an intellectual, they probably had never really seen one.

Dick Cavett

Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy's show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen.

Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy's show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen.

Dick Cavett

William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.

William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.

Dick Cavett

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.

Dick Cavett

I feel like I've been watching Irwin Corey forever. I saw him in the 1950s, and I thought he was old then.

I feel like I've been watching Irwin Corey forever. I saw him in the 1950s, and I thought he was old then.

Dick Cavett

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

Dick Cavett

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

Dick Cavett

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