Dick Van Dyke Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I think it's being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business.”

“I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.”

“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 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.”

“I'm not a loner. I have to have a life partner.”

“In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.”

“I can't work with my brother without laughing.”

“Once you get the kids raised and the mortgage paid off and accomplish what you wanted to do in life, there's a great feeling of: 'Hey, I'm free as a bird.'”

“As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.”

“When I was a kid, I loved all the silent comedians - Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin. And I used to imitate them. I'd go to see a Buster Keaton movie and come home and try things out I'd seen. I learned to do pratfalls when I was very young.”