Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
MEL BROOKSBut I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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 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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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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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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