Quiz Show (1994)

Elizabeth Wilson: Dorothy Van Doren

Quotes 

• Mark Van Doren : What these books have conclusively proven is that the diffence between men and women is exactly 38 pages.

  Man 1 : Can I quote you, Mark?

  Mark Van Doren : Not before I quote me.

  Dorothy Van Doren : His own quotes are his greatest pleasure.

  Man 2 : Did you hear the market dropped 30 points today. There's a rumor Eisenhower died.

  Dorothy Van Doren : How could they tell?

  Mark Van Doren : Oh, please. Don't get Dorothy started on politics. There'll be a raid.

• Charles Van Doren : Last week alone, I had 11 proposals of marriage!

  Mark Van Doren : Perhaps you should accept one of them.

  Dorothy Van Doren : [to Mark]  And to think, they unleash you on those impressionable young minds.

  Mark Van Doren : Well, why not? He's 33 years old, Jesus Christ had a girlfriend at 33 years old.

  Dorothy Van Doren : Look how that turned out.

  Thomas Merton, The Monk : And, he shared an office with His Father!

• Mark Van Doren : [Charlie takes an 11-point question on World War II planes]  That's much harder than the question they asked that woman, and hers was 10 points! Do you know the names of those planes?

  Dorothy Van Doren : Of course not. Sit down...

  Mark Van Doren : Who would know the names of those planes, he's not the Secretary of Defense.