Once you get the kids raised ...

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

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I went from my mother to my wife. And to this day, I can't bear to be alone.
 Dick Van Dyke
[My mother] once cooked a ham and later found it in my father's shirt drawer. I am not kidding.
 Dick Van Dyke
You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Attitude is almost more important than what happens to you.
 Dick Van Dyke
I do miss the rhythms of comedy. And I've never been able to perform very well without an audience. The sitcoms I've done had them. It was like doing a little play.
 Dick Van Dyke
I married somebody half my age, and everybody thought I was crazy, but she is just an absolute angel.
 Dick Van Dyke