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’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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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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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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