Immortality is a by-product of good work.
MEL BROOKSAs long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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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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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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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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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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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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