Charles Van Doren Quotes

"I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception... I have deceived my friends - and I had millions of them."
- Charles Van Doren
(Related: Deception, Friends)

"I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way."
- Charles Van Doren
(Related: Life, Work, Public, Teaching, Writing)

"I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts."
- Charles Van Doren
(Related: Facts)

"Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too."
- Charles Van Doren
(Related: Radical, World)

"I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be."
- Charles Van Doren
(Related: Evil)

"My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000."
- Charles Van Doren

"Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well."
- Charles Van Doren
(Related: Happiness, Idea, Ethics, May, Years)

"The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness."
- Charles Van Doren
(Related: Happiness, Now)

"I never wanted to see another quiz show."
- Charles Van Doren