Dick Cavett Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.”

“Every time I nostalgically try to regain my liking of John McCain, he reaches into his sleaze bag and pulls out something malodorous.”

“My IQ is somewhere between Spiro Agnew's and Albert Einstein's.”

“Anything seen on TV is, in a subtle and sinister sense, thereby endorsed.”

“I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books.”

“The authority of depression is horrifying. I felt like my brain was busted and that I could never feel good again. I really thought that I was never gonna heal.”

“I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.”

“Sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought to sloppy legislation.”

“Why are people afraid of ghosts? 'Ooh, no, I wouldn't want to see one! I'd be too scared' - accompanied by a tremolo of fear in the voice - is the common reaction. This puzzles me. I'd think anyone would welcome he opportunity. I've never heard of a ghost hurting anybody.”

“Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.”