Dick Cavett Quotes

Being the offspring of English teachers is a mixed blessing. When the film star says to you, on the air, 'It was a perfect script for she and I,' inside your head you hear, in the sarcastic voice of your late father, 'Perfect for she, eh? And perfect for I, also?'

Dick Cavett

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FatherBlessingVoiceYouPerfect

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

John F. Kennedy

EducationTruthKnowledgeGoal

I think the definition of a book is changing.

Jeff Bezos

BookThinkChangingI Think

What does legacy mean? I never think or go there.

Stewart Rahr

LegacyThinkGoNeverMeanDoes

The Spanish and German leagues are of a very high standard. Along with the Premier League, they are probably the best.

Toni Kroos

BestHighAlongSpanishVeryLeague

I still get weirded out when people recognise me.

Tom Hopper

PeopleMeOutGetStillRecognise

Bringing climate change to the forefront of American politics means making politicians feel the heat - in their campaign coffers and at the polls - and it's time we voters make a change.

Tom Steyer

ChangeTimePoliticsAmericanFeel

How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy!

Robert Browning

LifeGoodHeartSoulManJoy

The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.

Milton Friedman

ExperienceTestComparisonOnly

Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up.

Johnny Vegas

LifeMy LifeDoingSaidBeenJust

I'm not above the law. No one is. But we don't want to live in a society where Lady Justice has one eye open and winks at her friends and casts the evil eye at her adversaries. When will it stop?

Dinesh D'Souza

LiveJusticeLawEvilSocietyEye

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.

Dick Gephardt

LoveForgivenessPowerSayingHonor

I'm much nicer in person than on Twitter.

Chrissy Teigen

PersonThanTwitterMuchNicer

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