As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
MEL BROOKSI don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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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 like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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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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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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As far as songwriters, I’ve always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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