206 Quotes by Dick Cavett

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    I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of the Hindenburg.

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    I haven't ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.

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    I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.

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    I'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.

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    I'm not the guy with the enormous comedy nose or the big feet or the bad posture or the whatever; a physical comic has certain things.

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    In relative youth, we assume we'll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise.

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    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.

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