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

— Dick Van Dyke

It wasn't work. I played myself.

— Dick Van Dyke

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.

— Dick Van Dyke

No, I did nightclubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put me in the business, a guy from my hometown, a dear friend who we just lost a couple of months ago.

— Dick Van Dyke

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.'

— Dick Van Dyke

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

— Dick Van Dyke

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 Wood, who was the choreographer on 'Mary Poppins,' lives out there. I still get out there once in a while, but not in the summer.

— Dick Van Dyke

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

— Dick Van Dyke

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

— Dick Van Dyke

Why is it amazing that I don’t 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 something best left for other people to ponder, not you or me. Why waste your time? I don’t.

— Dick Van Dyke