A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
MEL BROOKSI’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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