Dick Van Dyke Quotes

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

Women, Men, Successful

Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody.
Dick Van Dyke

Today, Nobody, Alcoholic

I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.
Dick Van Dyke

Getting, Times, Habit

No, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really married in real life. You know, a lot of people believed that.
Dick Van Dyke

Life, Real, Married

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

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.
Dick Van Dyke

Humor, Hope, Him

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

Wish, Miss, Anymore

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

Pretty, Once, Everybody

I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying.
Dick Van Dyke

Children, Small, Cannot

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

I don't think we've got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But our main problem is our audience skews a little older than most shows, and I don't think our people can stay up that late. I certainly can't.
Dick Van Dyke

Truth, Problem, Tell

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.
Dick Van Dyke

State, Middle, Illinois

I have four children and I have seven grandkids.
Dick Van Dyke

Children, Four, Seven

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

Life, Business, Everything

I loved to fall down.
Dick Van Dyke

Down, Loved, Fall

I never made a good movie.
Dick Van Dyke

Good, Made, Movie

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

Business, Call, Wolves

I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't.
Dick Van Dyke

Stress, Others, Become

I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old nightclub partner passed away, Phil Erickson down in Atlanta. He - I owe him everything. He put me in the business and taught me about everything I know.
Dick Van Dyke

Life, Business, Everything

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

Good, Movies, Down

I wanted to be a radio announcer.
Dick Van Dyke

Wanted, Radio, Announcer

I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show business. I didn't move in show business circles, particularly, still don't do it.
Dick Van Dyke

Business, Show, Move

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

My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I've had all four of his kids on the show.
Dick Van Dyke

Son, Another, Kids

No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put me in the business, a guy from my home town, a dear friend who we just lost a couple of months ago.
Dick Van Dyke

Home, Business, Friend

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Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: December 13, 1925

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