Mel Brooks quotes

" Humor is just another defense against the universe. " # Humor

" Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die. " # Comedy and Comedians # Tragedies # Death and Dying

" As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes. " # Mistakes

" If they [presidents] can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country. " # President

" If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. " # Chance # Love # God

" Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said. " # Truth

" Look, I really don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you got to jump around a lot, you got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy, or at least your thoughts should be noisy and colorful and lively. " # Philosophers and Philosophy # Death and Dying # Life and Living

" Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis): "I see your schwartz is as big as mine." " # Poverty and The Poor

" Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel): "That's it, baby, when you've got it, flaunt it, flaunt it!" " # Marriage

" You're young forever when you write. Alfred Hitchcock directed until the day he died. As long as you don't have any dementia or Alzheimer's, if you have your All-Bran every day and clear yourself out, I think your brains are gonna be all right. " # Photography