If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
MEL BROOKSIf Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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You’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
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If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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