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 1 Share Now -
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 3 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -
William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others. - Dick Cavett 6 Share Now -
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 7 Share Now -
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 8 Share Now -
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 10 Share Now -
