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


Mel Brooks

896

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.


Mel Brooks

896

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


Mel Brooks

896

A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.


Mel Brooks

896

I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.


Mel Brooks

896

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

896

Humor is just another defense against the universe.


Mel Brooks

896

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.


Mel Brooks

896

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.


Mel Brooks

896

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.


Mel Brooks

896

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


Mel Brooks

896

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


Mel Brooks

896

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

896

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