If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
MEL BROOKS
If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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Well, you know, ‘Spaceballs’ is a weird combination, because it’s a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it’s crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Star Trek’.
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I’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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As far as songwriters, I’ve always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
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