When I was a kid in Nebraska, a cantankerous farmer, known for plinking with his '22 at passing cars in which he perceived enemies, ingeniously rigged up a shotgun in his house, trained on the inside of his front door so as to widely distribute any intruder. -Dick Cavett Car
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. -Dick Cavett Anger
The very phrase 'Oscar night' used to accelerate my pulse. For one thing - dating myself - it meant Bob Hope. He always had good, strong jokes, that faultless delivery, and always a new joke about his own films' failure - once again - to be honored. -Dick Cavett Dating
William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others. -Dick Cavett Amazing
I felt bad when George Bush was booed. But only briefly. My sympathy for that man has a half-life of about four seconds. -Dick Cavett Sympathy
The very phrase 'Oscar night' used to accelerate my pulse. For one thing - dating myself - it meant Bob Hope. He always had good, strong jokes, that faultless delivery, and always a new joke about his own films' failure - once again - to be honored. -Dick Cavett Failure
I'm sure I've all but lost friends by maintaining that, despite their love for it, I always saw Stanley Kramer's 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' as more of an exercise in anti-comedy than humor. -Dick Cavett Humor
There is something about a Luger that separates it from all other handguns, and Luger devotees and Luger society members speak of it in romantic terms that must sound plain nuts to those who consider themselves level-headed. -Dick Cavett Romantic
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing. -Dick Cavett Finance
