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.
MEL BROOKSIf you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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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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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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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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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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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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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