Thomas Merton, The Monk Quotes in Quiz Show (1994)

Mark Van Doren: [reciting poetry at his birthday party] Now see summer bloom upon this lee, three score rings around this tree, once green, now bare, once lush, now sere, consoled only that I am planted here...

John Van Doren: You certainly are!

Mark Van Doren: Roots thick...

Thomas Merton, The Monk: And bold...

Mark Van Doren: And deep...

John Van Doren: And doddering...

Mark Van Doren: Assuage my woes...

Bunny Wilson: And termites nibbling at my toes!

Mark Van Doren: Et tu, Bunny!

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!

Cornwall Cousins: Charles, is Jack Barry single?

Charles Van Doren: I think so.

Cornwall Cousins: My roommate has a huge crush on him, she wants you to introduce her.

Cornwall Cousins: What's Dave Garroway like?

Charles Van Doren: Cheap.

Cornwall Aunt: 'Cheat'?

Mark Van Doren: Wasn't I talking?

Bunny Wilson: You were, just talking, and talking, and talking...

Cornwall Cousins: Charlie's famous, like Elvis Presley!

Mark Van Doren: And like Leopold of Belgium, usurped by his son before his time!

Charles Van Doren: Oh, that makes me King Baudouin!

Mark Van Doren: Next birthday, you all get a dirty limerick.

Thomas Merton, The Monk: I certainly hope so!