Dick Van Dyke Quotes
Top 88 wise famous quotes and sayings by Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Dick Van Dyke on Wise Famous Quotes.
You need someone to love, and something to do that you enjoy, and something to hope for, and that's enough for me.
But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.
In the best of all worlds, the producers would take some responsibility for the kinds of things they're putting out. Unfortunately, they don't.
Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.
I'm really in retirement. My career is over. I'm just playing now and having a great time. I like to keep busy, and I'm doing what's fun for me.
I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.
I found out retirement means playing golf, or I don't know what the hell it means. But to me, retirement means doing what you have fun doing.
There are people with their iPads are taking pictures so much that they're not experiencing the moment. They go home and look at the pictures later.
There are tribes all over the world who sing and dance every day as part of their lives. And we oughta do that.
I watch 'Al Jazeera.' They have news that you can't find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too.
In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.
I've had a lot of writers, in particular, who said they got into writing because of the 'Van Dyke Show.' They said it looked like fun.
You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Attitude is almost more important than what happens to you.
All of us involved say 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the best five years of our lives. We were like otters at play.
Jon Stewart kills me. I love him. And Bill Maher. He does an hour on HBO. But entirely political. It is awfully rough, but he does make me laugh.
I think, the 'Van Dyke Show' and 'Mary Poppins' are two of the best periods of my life. I had so much fun, I didn't want it to end.
We called ourselves the Burfords - Reverend Burford, Grandfather Burford, Cousin Burford, and so on.
I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy, so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set.
Everything's getting homogenized. It seems to me like music and behavior and everything else is getting homogenized.
I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.
It means you never know what's going to happen,' I said. 'You do your best, then take your chances. Everything else is beyond our control.
Carl envisioned a show that would be timeless. He wanted it to be fresh to audiences fifty years down the line.
Julie's voice could have been used to tune a piano. She was pitch perfect - and I never was. I was enjoyably close.
There's a lot of very funny people I'd love to work with that I've never met, of course. I love Steve Martin and Jim Carrey.
I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn't want to do anything my kids can't see.
I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.
I married somebody half my age, and everybody thought I was crazy, but she is just an absolute angel.
I agreed with his thesis that God was not an all-powerful "cosmic superman" looking down from the penthouse as much as He was Love.
In general, things either work out or they don't, and if they don't, you figure out something else, a plan B. There's nothing wrong with plan B. Most
I get little kids who recognize me from 'Mary Poppins,' and it just delights me because it's our third generation.