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.
MEL BROOKSHumor is just another defense against the universe.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I only direct in self-defense.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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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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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 don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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