If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
MEL BROOKSIf presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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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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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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 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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