Dick Van Dyke Quotes

Carl Reiner particularly as a writer, a terrific writer. He's just turning out things.

Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.'

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.

I watch 'Al Jazeera.' They have news that you can't find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too.

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

I've had a lot of writers, in particular, who said they got into writing because of the 'Van Dyke Show.' They said it looked like fun.

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.

I have also heard and read various accounts of why they [Sheldon Leonard and Carl Reiner] liked me. My favorites? I wasn't too good-looking, I walked a little funny, and I was basically kind of average and ordinary. I guess my lack of perfection turned out to be a winning hand. Let that be a lesson for future generations.

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.

Rob Petrie is who I really am - in personality and general ineffectiveness.

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

Moses probably danced a little, right? You don't part the Red Sea without having some moves.