Quotes by Dick Van Dyke

“He wanted the show to be fresh to audiences 50 years down the line.”

“The show became its own little world, with its own internal rhythm and high standards.”

“You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can't spread peanut butter on the jelly.”

“In general, things either work out or they dont, and if they dont, you figure out something else, a plan B. Theres nothing wrong with plan B.”

“I didn't know the answers, but I could feel that the things that gave life meaning came from a place within and from the nurturing of values like tolerance, charity, and community.”

“Something greater than me was happening. And yet, it was happening to me.”

“It wasn't work. I played myself.”

“Why is it amazing that I dont act my age? Why should I act my age? Or more to the point, how is someone my age supposed to act? Old age is part fact, part state of mind, part luck, and wholly somet...”

“..why sit on the sidelines of life at any age?”

“We all need something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.”

“As for my studies in school, I was a solid student. I was strong in English and Latin, but I got lost anytime the subject included math. I wish I had paid more attention to biology and science in g...”

“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. Ma...”

“Do you know that I was the anchor on the 'CBS Morning Show?' And my newsman was Walter Cronkite.”

“It's more in my nature to be optimistic, I think. I'm one of those people who gets up on the right side of the bed in the morning.”

“Every morning I have something to do, I'm better off. It's bad to get up and not have something to do.”

“The Horny Toad in Cave Creek has great food. When I'm in Arizona, I have at least one meal there. I have a daughter who lives out there, and Dee Dee Wood, who was the choreographer on 'Mary Poppins...”

“Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.”

“Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.”

“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 cert...”

“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.'”