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It was just an accident; I was never going to come out here. — Dick Van Patten

In life, the first act is always exciting but it is the second act - that's where the depth comes in. — Joyce Van Patten

From the time I was 8 years old I was on almost every radio show there was. — Dick Van Patten

We donate a lot of food to rescue organizations. — Dick Van Patten

We're very lucky people, doing something that we really love to do. I feel privileged to have been an actor all my life. — Dick Van Patten

I like to do TV series. I think they're so comfortable. You're doing the same part every week. — Dick Van Patten

I never thought radio would fizzle out. — Dick Van Patten

[The poll tax] was a classic case of a good idea being entrusted to Chris Patten and becoming a terrible failure. — Norman Tebbit

You don't have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them. — Chris Patten

I'm always working on our home, but I want to keep the old look to it. — Dick Van Patten

I've been to more racetracks than any other person I've met. Almost every track, missing only a few of the newer ones. — Dick Van Patten

My mother was aggressive - the typical stage mother. — Dick Van Patten

A trap, like a good
story, needs to hint at greater things without revealing them
until the prey is snared. — E.J. Patten

We're feeding all these zoos. And that's getting bigger and bigger. — Dick Van Patten

I was in 27 Broadway plays in a row as a kid, and in between, I learned how to play the horses from the stagehands. — Dick Van Patten

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks. — Chris Patten

It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems. — Chris Patten

Through silence only the good messages go unheard. — Brian Patten

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor. — Chris Patten

Dreams are merely life asleep.
Wake them up... — J.W. Patten

The Giant rested back in his chair. "You've some stories left," he said. " I can smell them on your skin. — Brian Patten

You love with a fierce courage that I do not understand, and yet I wish that I could have it too. — Douglas Patten

I've probably had more jobs than any other actor living. — Dick Van Patten

You're working with the same people, and there's a lot of recognition. I like to do series best. I really do. — Dick Van Patten

I wasn't worried about unemployment. — Dick Van Patten

A good trap is like a good story: hidden and leading toward
one inevitable conclusion — E.J. Patten

Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician. — Chris Patten

There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder. — Chris Patten

I appreciate Eight is Enough. It made me recognizable. — Dick Van Patten

I've hit the Pick 6 for a hundred thousand a couple of times. A few more for 60, 70 thousand. — Dick Van Patten

And power without compassion is the worst kind of evil there is. — E.J. Patten

I was in 27 Broadway plays, and three of them got the Pulitzer Prize. — Dick Van Patten

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries. — Chris Patten

My four friends were John Kerr, who became a star, Paul Newman, Jimmy Dean, and Jack Lemmon. — Dick Van Patten

For nearly eight decades, I've had the great fortune of playing thousands of roles before millions of people. — Dick Van Patten

Throwing young men out of work, throwing people into poverty and ending business life don't promote stability in the Palestinian territories,. — Chris Patten

The only honest reaction and true loyalty we get is from our animals. Once they're your friends, you can do no wrong. — Dick Van Patten

Death is the only grammatically correct full stop. — Brian Patten

Sometimes the hardest things to believe are the only things worth believing at al. — E.J. Patten

It's hardly the time for sense, I should think, since nonsense
has been serving us so well — E.J. Patten

I may eat nine bowls of dog food, because eight isn't enough. — Dick Van Patten

A grape may become a raisin, and taste the sweeter for it, but even a raisin rot on the vine, if you do nothing for it. — E.J. Patten

A wry smile crossed Havens' lips. Pork here in an overwhelmingly Muslim population was a stupid thought, even for self-talk.
OK, turkey bacon. — J.T. Patten

Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties. — Chris Patten

I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left. — Dick Van Patten

I've had a great life. It was exciting. I worked with the most interesting people, and I traveled all over the country. — Dick Van Patten

The new morality does not consist in saving but in expanding consumption. — Simon N. Patten

It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith. — Chris Patten

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks. — Chris Patten

Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end. — Chris Patten

Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable, ... It offers, in that sense, a vision for the future of Asia. — Chris Patten

I used to go from one job to another. I started at seven years old in theater and used to go from one job to another. — Dick Van Patten

We're not trying to recreate Yugoslavia — Chris Patten

peccadillo. So far as my observation goes, men — William Patten

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other. — Chris Patten

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership. — Chris Patten

To be hungry must be awful. — Dick Van Patten

You have a laugh line; don't accentuate it. You get a bigger laugh. — Dick Van Patten

Bloody my nose, freeze my nipples, give me blue balls, what else are you going to do to me today? — Jill Patten

We wanted a pet food based on sound scientific principles and truth, not marketing hype. — Dick Van Patten

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by 'unbridled' you mean unregulated. — Chris Patten

How are you sacred to me? your lines are golden threads - your patter, my patten - I explore the liturgy of your words ... — John Geddes