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 general, subjects that came to interest me as an adult. Furthermore, I could have gotten better marks, but I never took a book home, never did homework.

— Dick Van Dyke

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.

— 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

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

— Dick Van Dyke

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

— Dick Van Dyke

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

— Dick Van Dyke

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.

— 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

I never even had a bachelorhood: I went straight from my parents' home to a marriage.

— Dick 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.

— Dick Van Dyke