If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
MEL BROOKSYou got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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 only direct in self-defense.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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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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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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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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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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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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