I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
Mel Brooks
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
If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
Mel Brooks
Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
Mel Brooks
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
Mel Brooks
If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
Mel Brooks
If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
Mel Brooks
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Mel Brooks
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
A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.
Mel Brooks
Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
Mel Brooks
I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
Mel Brooks
Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.
Mel Brooks