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.
MEL BROOKSIf you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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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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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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Oh, I’m not a true genius. I’m a near genius. I would say I’m a short genius. I’d rather be tall and normal than a short genius.
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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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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 only direct in self-defense.
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I know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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