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You need someone to love, and something to do that you enjoy, and something to hope for, and that's enough for me. — Dick Van Dyke

I wanted to be a radio announcer. — Dick Van Dyke

You know, any sane magician would never reveal his method of deception. And I don't think that a sensible musician would either. — Van Dyke Parks

Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability. — Douglas Wood

But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore. — Dick Van Dyke

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. — Henry Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke

Even should we find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever. - Henry Van Dyke — William Paul Young

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. — Dick Van Dyke

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence. — Henry Van Dyke

If only the best birds sang, the forest would be silent. — Henry Van Dyke

What do I owe my father? Everything! — Henry Van Dyke

The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best. — Henry Van Dyke

Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live. — Henry Van Dyke

Isn't breaking a supervillian out of jail a little ... much? — Kirstin Van Dyke

Like water spilt upon the ground
alas, Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass; Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass! — Henry Van Dyke

The summer of 2002 at the Wilson birthday party I met Van Dyke again and I made plans to have dinner with him. — Matthew Sweet

There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas. — Henry Van Dyke

I thank God for the honesty and virility of Jesus religion which makes us face the facts and calls us to take a man's part in the real battle of life. — Henry Van Dyke

Spend as much time as possible, with body and with spirit in God's out-of-doors. — Henry Van Dyke

Favorite People, Favorite Places,
Favorite Memories of the past ...
These are the joys of a lifetime
Those are the things that last — Henry Van Dyke

Of all the things that man has made, no is so full of interest and charm,
none possesses so distinct a life and character of its own, as a ship. — Henry Van Dyke

Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone. — Henry Van Dyke

Performing for Dick Van Dyke once was fun. — Jerrod Carmichael

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can. — Henry Van Dyke

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. — Henry Van Dyke

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 — Dick Van Dyke

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. — Henry Van Dyke

'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life. — Dick Van Dyke

The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous. — Henry Van Dyke

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl. — Dick Van Dyke

The secret to keeping moving is keeping moving. — Dick Van Dyke

Light and air - what means wherewith to conjure up illusions and deceive the senses! — John C. Van Dyke

You never see the stock called Happiness quoted on the exchange. — Henry Van Dyke

There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True. — Henry Van Dyke

He that planteth a tree ... provideth a kindness for many generations. — Henry Van Dyke

Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest. — Henry Van Dyke

I'm only wishing to go a-fishing;For this the month of May was made. — Henry Van Dyke

I worked nightclubs all through my 20s, and I was a teetotaler. — Dick Van Dyke

I'm not a loner. I have to have a life partner. — Dick Van Dyke

I have four kids, seven grandkids, and four great-grandkids. Maybe I can become a great-great-grandfather if I hang on! — Dick Van Dyke

But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script. — Dick Van Dyke

In warlike pomp, with banners flowing, The regiments of autumn stood: I saw their gold and scarlet glowing From every hillside, every wood. — Henry Van Dyke

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul. — Henry Van Dyke

The kingdom of birds is divided into two departments - birds and House Sparrows. House Sparrows are not real birds - they are little beasts! — Henry Van Dyke

I can't work with my brother without laughing. — Dick Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. — Henry Van Dyke

I don't play golf. I have more fun singing and dancing. — Dick Van Dyke

The older I get, the better I was. — Van Dyke Parks

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think. — Henry Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke

I'd love to work with Julia Roberts and Johnny Depp or Dick Van Dyke. I love 'Mary Poppins' - when I was little I was obsessed with it. — Willa Holland

I married somebody half my age, and everybody thought I was crazy, but she is just an absolute angel. — Dick Van Dyke

The proverb says that 'well begun is half done.' But the other half is harder and more necessary,-to get a thing well ended. — Henry Van Dyke

The first day of spring is one thing and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. — Henry Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke spent most of his time setting everybody else up. — Dave Foley

'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was a huge influence on me as a kid. It looked like a really fun job. — Mike Scully

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them. — Dick Van Dyke

It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire. — Henry Van Dyke

How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the empty bag of the body left. — Henry Van Dyke

I think it's being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business. — Dick Van Dyke

'Mary Poppins' was one of the best experiences of my life. — Dick Van Dyke

I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show. — Dick Van Dyke

I sing and dance. That's my job. — Dick Van Dyke

Be careful not to trip over the ottoman. — Dick Van Dyke

Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing. — Dick Van Dyke

Everything's getting homogenized. It seems to me like music and behavior and everything else is getting homogenized. — Dick Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke

I never made a good movie. — Dick Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke

The Bible teaches that God owns the world. He distributes to every man according to His own good pleasure, conformably to general laws. — Henry Van Dyke

I've made peace with insecurity ... because there is no security of any kind. — Dick Van Dyke

I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack;The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back. — Henry Van Dyke

Carl envisioned a show that would be timeless. He wanted it to be fresh to audiences fifty years down the line. — Dick Van Dyke

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. — Dick Van Dyke

There's Dick Van Dyke and John Ritter, the two greatest physical comics of our generation. — Suzanne Somers

It is better to follow even the shadow of the best, than to remain content with the worst. — Henry Van Dyke

I've gone from singing to millions on a network show one day to singing to four people in a gymnasium in Casper, Wyo., the next. — Leroy Van Dyke

Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and really get him mad. — Dick Van Dyke

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever. — Henry Van Dyke

Julie's voice could have been used to tune a piano. She was pitch perfect - and I never was. I was enjoyably close. — Dick Van Dyke

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest. — Henry Van Dyke

Jazz: Music invented for the torture of imbeciles. — Henry Van Dyke

It wasn't work. I played myself. — Dick Van Dyke

He knew that all was well, because he had done the best that he could, from day to day. He had been true to the light that had been given to him — Henry Van Dyke

A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands,- Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands. — Henry Van Dyke

Death comes in its own time, in its own way.Death is as unique as the individual experiencing it. — Henry Van Dyke

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars. — Henry Van Dyke

..why sit on the sidelines of life at any age? — Dick Van Dyke

I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste. — Dick Van Dyke

A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing. — Dick Van Dyke

I sing all day. And it's good for you. Good for your vocal cords. — Dick Van Dyke

My kids are so much better parent than I was. — Dick Van Dyke

Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun; Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise. — Henry Van Dyke

What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us. — Henry Van Dyke

So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life. — Dick Van Dyke

I don't have any children; I have four middle-aged people. — Dick Van Dyke

You may have to live in a crowd, but you do not have to live like it. — Henry Van Dyke