“While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people they finally dropped it from judo.” PeopleBookKidsHealthyAncientNecksJudo Author:Dick Cavett
“I feel sorry for the poor kids whose parents feel they're qualified to teach them at home. Of course, some parents are smarter than some teachers, but in the main I see home-schooling as misguided foolishness.” FeelsHomeKidsCoursesParentPoorTeachTeacherSorrySmarterFoolishnessQualifiedSchoolingMisguided Book:Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks Source: Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks
“I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very often, was from Jack Paar, who said, 'Kid, don't make it an interview. Interviews have clipboards, and you're like David Frost. Make it a conversation.'” SaidShowsKidsEasyAdviceConversationInterviewsFrostBest AdviceTalk ShowsClipboards Author:Dick Cavett
“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.” KidsHouseKnownEnemyDoorsCarFrontsPassingPassingsFarmersFront DoorsRiggedNebraskaShotgunsIntruders Author:Dick Cavett
