Dick Cavett : (5) " Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry. " - Dick Cavett " I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic. " - Dick Cavett " A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books. " - Dick Cavett " I’m not all that enthralled by show business, and I’m not that much of a highbrow. " - Dick Cavett " I have a feeling that about 90% of my life has been shaped by my voice, both as an embarrassment and as an advantage. There was always the terrible incongruity of this deep voice barreling out of this little body. Somewhere in the back of my mind I was aware that it was ludicrous, that it took on an importance that wasn’t really there. " - Dick Cavett