If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
MEL BROOKSIf Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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