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.
MEL BROOKSYou’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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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Well, you know, ‘Spaceballs’ is a weird combination, because it’s a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it’s crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Star Trek’.
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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.
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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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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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