Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
MEL BROOKSIf Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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He who hesitates is poor.
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All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it’s a sign of security.
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I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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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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