29 Mel Brooks Quotes for You to Enjoy

Mel Brooks

American Comedian

Born: Jun 28, 1926

Because Good Got Me People You

Related authors: George Carlin Groucho Marx Milton Berle Mitch Hedberg Robin Williams Rodney Dangerfield Steven Wright W. C. Fields

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. Mel Brooks

Good You People Comedy Down Mussolini No Chance Because Does Get Just Rhetoric Anywhere Stand Bring Chance

If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. Mel Brooks

You Living Colorful Noisy Got Quiet Lively

If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win. Mel Brooks

You Win Never Trade Dictator Rhetoric Soapbox Stand

Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart. Mel Brooks

Work You Smart Stupid Well Politically Politically Incorrect Just Being Incorrect

As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes. Mel Brooks

World Long Mistakes Spinning Dizzy Make Gonna Turning

If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country. Mel Brooks

Country Presidents Wives

Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive. Mel Brooks

Life Death You Will Think Philosophic Wax Say Alive Must Noisy Look Arms Around Got Least Opposite Lot Jump Very Flap Want Legs Your Therefore

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him. Mel Brooks

Humor is just another defense against the universe. Mel Brooks

Humor Universe Defense Another Just Against

Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you. Mel Brooks

Life You Comedy Abound Look Around Just Literally

He who hesitates is poor. Mel Brooks

Hesitates He Poor Who

If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none. Mel Brooks

Death Beat Practically None Got Einstein Chance

I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn. Mel Brooks

Torch Mission Burn

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers. Mel Brooks

Good Direct Only Writers Anybody Eleven

I only direct in self-defense. Mel Brooks

Self-Defense Direct Only

We rest our case on the production numbers. Mel Brooks

Rest Our Case Production Numbers

Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love. Mel Brooks

Life Love Fear Everything Based

'Mad About You' was very fun. Mel Brooks

You Mad About Very Fun

When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin. Mel Brooks

You Feeling Okay Berlin Come Felt Always Uneasy Germany Jew

I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel. Mel Brooks

Me Army Like

I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. Mel Brooks

Dangerous He Like Rock Chris Chris Rock

It's talent. Either you got it or you ain't. Mel Brooks

You Talent Got Either

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. Mel Brooks

Character Made Back Books Brooks Russian Never He Like Always His Existed Up Authorities Max Story Quotes Professor Brilliance

Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director. Mel Brooks

Good Director Pretty Pretty Good Both Producer

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