If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
MEL BROOKSI don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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I’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.
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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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These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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